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27. A parent’s chance of passing a rare inherited disease on to a child is 0.15. What is the probability that, in a family of three children, none of the children inherits the disease from the parent?

Answer by edjones(8007)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1-.15=.85
.85^3=.614125
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Ed

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