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16 June, 14:40

Each child born to a particular set of parents has probability 0.25 of having blood type o. if these parents have 5 children, what is the probability that exactly 2 of them have type o blood?

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  1. 16 June, 15:08
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    Use binomial distribution with p=0.25, n=5, x=2

    P (X=x) = C (n, x) p^x (1-p) ^ (n-x)

    P (X=2) = C (5,2) 0.25^2 0.75^ (5-2)

    =10*0.0625*0.421875

    =0.26367

    So the probability of 2 of 5 children having type-O blood from these parents is 0.26367.
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