One and one-fourth equals to 5 over 4
5/4 times 3/3 equals to 15/12
subtract 5/12 from 15/12
the answer is 10/12
simplest form is 5/6
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John and Martha are contemplating having children, but John’s brother has galactosemia (an autosomal recessive disease) and Mart

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<h2>Answer:</h2>

$Probability=\frac{1}{24}$

<h2>Step-by-step explanation:</h2>

As the question states,

John's brother has Galactosemia which states that his parents were both the carriers.

Therefore, the chances for the John to have the disease is = 2/3

Now,

Martha's great-grandmother also had the disease that means her children definitely carried the disease means probability of 1.

Now, one of those children married with a person.

So,

Probability for the child to have disease will be = 1/2

Now, again the child's child (Martha) probability for having the disease is = 1/2.

Therefore,

<u>The total probability for Martha's first child to be diagnosed with Galactosemia will be,</u>

$Probability=\frac{2}{3}\times \frac{1}{2}\times \frac{1}{2}\times \frac{1}{4}\\Probability=\frac{1}{24}$

(Here, we assumed that the child has the disease therefore, the probability was taken to be = 1/4.)

<em><u>Hence, the probability for the first child to have Galactosemia is $\frac{1}{24}$ </u></em>

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