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Question 631169: There is a 17% chance that two parents will pass a hereditary disease to any of their children. If they plan on having 4 children, what is the probability that at least one child will inherit the disease? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! There is a 17% chance that two parents will pass a hereditary disease to any of their children. If they plan on having 4 children, what is the probability that at least one child will inherit the disease?
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Binomial Problem with n = 4 and p(don't inherit) = 0.83
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P(atleast one inherit) = 1 - P(4 don't inherit)
= 1 - (.83)^4
= 0.5254
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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