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(a)
To explain what this
(a)
Explanation of Solution
The probability given in the question means that of all married men and women who both carry a gene for cystic fibrosis but don’t have the disease themselves about
(b)
To explain why doesn’t this probability say that if the couple has four children one of them is guaranteed to get cystic fibrosis.
(b)
Explanation of Solution
The probability doesn’t say that if the couple has four children one of them is guaranteed to get cystic fibrosis because it is possible that if this couple has 4 children, that none of the 4 children will develop cystic fibrosis and also we can say that it is unlikely that none of the children have cystic fibrosis, but it could occur.
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