1. A human gene carries a certain disease from the mother to the child with a probability rate of 0.8. Suppose a female

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1. A human gene carries a certain disease from the mother to the child with a probability rate of 0.8. Suppose a female

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1. A human gene carries a certain disease from the mother to thechild with a probability rate of 0.8. Suppose a female carrier ofthe gene has two children. Also assume that the infections of thetwo children are independent of one another. Find the probabilitythat at least one child gets the disease from their mother.
2. The Statistical Abstract of the United States reports that 31percent of the country's households are composed of one person. If9 randomly selected homes are to participate in a Nielson survey todetermine television ratings, find the probability that fewer thantwo of these homes are one-person households.
3. A binomial experiment has 10 trials with probability ofsuccess 0.9 on each trial. What is the probability of less than twosuccesses?
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