Sickle cell anemia is a genetic blood disorder. If both parents are carriers of the disease, then a child has a 25% of having the disease, 50% of being a carrier, and 25% chance of neither having the disease nor being a carrier. If two parents who are carriers of the disease have 3 children, what is the probability that: (d) the first child with the disease will be the third child?

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Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events
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Sickle cell anemia is a genetic blood disorder. If both parents are carriers of the disease, then a child has a 25% of having the disease, 50% of being a carrier, and 25% chance of neither having the disease nor being a carrier. If two parents who are carriers of the disease have 3 children, what is the probability that:

(d) the first child with the disease will be the third child?

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