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tossing a tail and then rolling a number greatel thall 2 woymlew wn this mutation 21. Research has shown that approximately 1 woman in 400 carries BRCA Gene a mutation of the BRCA gene. About 6 out of 10 women with this mutation develop breast cancer. Find the probability that a randomly selected woman will carry the mutation of the BRCA gene and will develop breast cancer. (Source: National Cancer Institute) Breast Cancer and the BRCA Gene What Do You Drive? Women Adults surveyed Women who develop Women Adults Adults with who drivewho drive mutatedbreast BRCA Fords pickup trucks cancer gene FIGURE FOR EXERCISE 21 FIGURE FOR EXERCISE 22

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Probability is equal to ;

P(E)=A randomly selected woman will carry will carry the mutation of the BRCA gene and will develop breast cancer.

Therefore,

P(E)=(1/400)x(6/10)

=0.0015 Ans

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