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2000 Paper 1 Q13
D: 1484.0 B: 1484.7

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 \(AB\).