2000 Paper 1 Q13

Year: 2000
Paper: 1
Question Number: 13

Course: LFM Stats And Pure
Section: Conditional Probability

Difficulty: 1484.0 Banger: 1484.7

Problem

Every person carries two genes which can each be either of type \(A\) or of type \(B\). It is known that \(81\%\) of the population are \(AA\) (i.e. both genes are of type \(A\)), \(18\%\) are \(AB\) (i.e. there is one gene of type \(A\) and one of type \(B\)) and \(1\%\) are \(BB\). A child inherits one gene from each of its parents. If one parent is \(AA\), the child inherits a gene of type \(A\) from that parent; if the parent is \(BB\), the child inherits a gene of type \(B\) from that parent; if the parent is \(AB\), the inherited gene is equally likely to be \(A\) or \(B\).
  1. Given that two \(AB\) parents have four children, show that the probability that two of them are \(AA\) and two of them are \(BB\) is \(3/128\).
  2. My mother is \(AB\) and I am \(AA\). Find the probability that my father is \(AB\).

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Every person  carries two genes which can each be either of 
 type $A$ or of type $B$. 
It is known that $81\%$ of the population are $AA$ (i.e. both genes are 
of type $A$), $18\%$ are $AB$ (i.e. there is one gene of type $A$ 
and one of type $B$) and $1\%$ are $BB$. A child inherits 
one gene from each of its parents. If one parent is $AA$, the child
 inherits a gene of type  $A$ from that parent;  
if the  parent is $BB$, the child
 inherits a gene of type  $B$ from that parent; 
 if the parent 
is $AB$, the inherited gene is equally likely to be $A$ or $B$. 
\begin{questionparts}
\item
Given that two $AB$ parents have four children, 
show that the probability 
that two of them are $AA$ and two of them are $BB$ is $3/128$. 
 
\item
My mother is $AB$ and I am $AA$. 
Find the probability that my father is $AB$.
\end{questionparts}