Eye color, Part II

Eye color, Part II#

A husband and wife with brown eyes who have \({{ params.description.num1 }}\) probability of having children with brown eyes, \({{ params.description.num2 }}\) probability of having children with blue eyes, and \({{ params.description.num3 }}\) probability of having children with green eyes.

Part 1#

What is the probability that their first child will have green eyes and the second will not?

Answer Section#

Please enter a numeric value.

Part 2#

What is the probability that exactly one of their two children will have green eyes?

Answer Section#

Please enter a numeric value.

Part 3#

If they have six children, what is the probability that exactly two will have green eyes?

Answer Section#

Please enter a numeric value.

Part 4#

If they have six children, what is the probability that at least one will have green eyes?

Answer Section#

Please enter a numeric value in.

Part 5#

What is the probability that the first green eyed child will be the \(4^{th}\) child?

Answer Section#

Please enter a numeric value.

Part 6#

Would it be considered unusual if only \({{ params.part6.num1 }}\) out of their \({{ params.part6.num2 }}\) children had brown eyes?

Answer Section#

  • Yes

  • No

Attribution#

Problem is from the OpenIntro Statistics textbook, licensed under the CC-BY 4.0 license.
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