Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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

Answer

$P(E)=0.5$ If the husband and wife have 4 children, we would expect that two will not have sickle-cell anemia but will be carriers.

Work Step by Step

Event = "the offspring will not have sickle-cell anemia but will be a carrier" = {Ss, sS}. So, $N(E)=2$. The sample space: S = (SS, Ss, sS, ss}. So, $N(S)=4$. $P(E)=\frac{N(E)}{N(S)}=\frac{2}{4}=0.5$
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