If Both the Mother and the Father Are Carriers for the Cystic

question 8

Multiple Choice

If both the mother and the father are carriers for the cystic fibrosis gene, what are the chances that their child will be a cystic fibrosis carrier?

• A) 0%
• B) 25%
• C) 50%
• D) 75%

Understand how to manipulate and extract specific components (seconds, minutes, hours, month number) from time and date values in Excel.

Learn to round numbers, including times to the nearest specified interval, and understand rounding functions (ROUND, ROUNDDOWN, ROUNDUP).

Know how to control the calculation options in Excel, including manual and automatic updates of formulas.

Understand how to use the COUNT function and its variations to count cells based on different criteria.

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Definitions:

Interval

A range of values or numbers that includes an upper and lower boundary.

Binomial

A probability distribution that describes the number of successes in a fixed number of independent trials, with only two possible outcomes for each trial.

Normal Curve

A symmetrical, bell-shaped curve that represents the distribution of many types of data where most occurrences take place around the mean.

Standard Deviation

An indicator of the extent of variability or spread within a set of numbers, showing the degree to which these numbers deviate from the average value.