SOA Exam P Sample Question 329
Study guide: Exam P-1
A geneticist compiled the following information:
- (i) 1/2 of children who have two left-handed parents are left-handed.
- (ii) 1/6 of children who have exactly one left-handed parent are left-handed.
- (iii) 1/16 of children who have no left-handed parents are left-handed.
- (iv) 1/50 of children have two left-handed parents.
- (v) 1/5 of children have exactly one left-handed parent.
Calculate the probability that a randomly selected left-handed child has no left-handed parents.
- A) 0.09
- B) 0.42
- C) 0.53
- D) 0.78
- E) 0.91
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