Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.1 - Assess Your Understanding - Applying the Concepts - Page 266: 33b

Answer

$P(E)=0.25$ If the husband and wife have 4 children, we would expect that one will have sicklecell anemia.

Work Step by Step

Event = "the offspring will have sicklecell anemia" = {ss}. So $N(E)=1$ The sample space: S = {SS, Ss, sS, ss}. So, $N(S)=4$ $P(E)=\frac{N(E)}{N(S)}=\frac{1}{4}=0.25$
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