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A man with Huntington disease (he is heterozygous HD HD) and a normal woman have two children. a. What is the probability that only the second child has the disease? b. What is the probability that only one of the children has the disease? c. What is the probability that none of the children has the disease? d. Answer (a) through (c) assuming that the couple had 10 children. e. What is the probability that 4 out of the 10 children in the family in (d) have the disease?

A man with Huntington disease (he is heterozygous HD HD) and a normal woman have two children. a. What is the probability that only the second child has the disease? b. What is the probability that only one of the children has the disease? c. What is the probability that none of the children has the disease? d. Answer (a) through (c) assuming that the couple had 10 children. e. What is the probability that 4 out of the 10 children in the family in (d) have the disease?

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A man with Huntington disease (he is heterozygous HD HD normal woman have two children. a. What is the probability that only the second child has the disease? b. What is the probability that only one of the children has the disease? c. What is the probability that none of the children has the disease? d. Answer (a) through (c) assuming that the couple had 10 children. and a e. What is the probability that 4 out of the 10 children in the family in (d) have the disease?
Transcribed Image Text:A man with Huntington disease (he is heterozygous HD HD normal woman have two children. a. What is the probability that only the second child has the disease? b. What is the probability that only one of the children has the disease? c. What is the probability that none of the children has the disease? d. Answer (a) through (c) assuming that the couple had 10 children. and a e. What is the probability that 4 out of the 10 children in the family in (d) have the disease?
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