Exercise 4.13 introduces a husband and wife with brown eyes who have 0.75 probability of having children

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Exercise 4.13 introduces a husband and wife with brown eyes who have 0.75 probability of having children with brown eyes, 0.125 probability of having children with blue eyes, and 0.125 probability of having children with green eyes.

(a) What is the probability that their first child will have green eyes and the second will not?

(b) What is the probability that exactly one of their two children will have green eyes?

(c) If they have six children, what is the probability that exactly two will have green eyes?

(d) If they have six children, what is the probability that at least one will have green eyes?

(e) What is the probability that the first green eyed child will be the 4th child?

(f) Would it be considered unusual if only 2 out of their 6 children had brown eyes?


Data from Exercise 4.13

A husband and wife both have brown eyes but carry genes that make it possible for their children to have brown eyes (probability 0.75), blue eyes (0.125), or green eyes (0.125).

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OpenIntro Statistics

ISBN: 9781943450077

4th Edition

Authors: David Diez, Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel, Christopher Barr

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