A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134753119
Author: Sheldon Ross
Publisher: PEARSON
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For diseases X, Y, and Z, if two carriers of the disease have a child, the child has a .25 chance of having the
disease and .75 chance of not having the disease. Suppose two parents are carriers for all three diseases (X,
Y and Z). The probability of inheriting any disease is independent of inheriting the other diseases.


a) What is the probability that their first child does not have any of the diseases?
b) What is the probability that their first child only has disease Y?
c) What is the probability that their first child has two of three diseases?

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