There is a 30% chance that the mother is thalassemia minor. If she is a minor, then
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There is a 30% chance that the mother is thalassemia minor. If she is a minor, then each son has again a 30% chance of having thalassemia independently. If the queen is not a thalassemia minor, then the son will not have this disease.
(a) Given that the mother has had three sons without the disease, What is the probability the mother was a thalassemia minor?
(b) Given that the mother has had three sons without the disease, what is the probability that the fourth son, if born, he will have thalassemia?
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ISBN: 978-1260239508
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Authors: David Doane, Lori Seward
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