5.1 Homework
5.1 Homework
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5.1 Homework
2. Genetics Suppose a married man and woman both carry a gene for
cystic fibrosis but don’t have the disease themselves. According to the
laws of genetics, the probability that their first child will develop
cystic fibrosis is 0.25.
. (a) Explain what this probability means.
(b) An archer hits the center of the target with 60% of her shots. To
simulate having her shoot 10 times, use a coin. Flip the coin once for
each of the 10 shots. If it lands heads, then she hits the center of the
target. If the coin lands tails, she doesn’t.
6. You read in a book about bridge that the probability that each of
the four players is dealt exactly one ace is about 0.11. This means that
(a) in every 100 bridge deals, each player has one ace exactly 11
times.
(b) in 1 million bridge deals, the number of deals on which each
player has one ace will be exactly 110,000.
(c) in a very large number of bridge deals, the percent of deals on
which each player has one ace will be very close to 11%.
(d) in a very large number of bridge deals, the average number of
aces in a hand will be very close to 0.11.
(e) If each player gets an ace in only 2 of the first 50 deals, then each
player should get an ace in more than 11% of the next 50 deals.
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Probabilit 0.49 0.27 0.20 ??
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