4
$\begingroup$

14% of people are left handed, if we want to find the chances of a brother and a sister both being left handed, we might be tempted to multiply .14 by .14. What is wrong with this reasoning when trying to find out the probability of both of them being left handed?

  • 0
    Is the probability of a male being left handed, and a female being handed the same?2011-03-21
  • 1
    Why should it be wrong?2011-03-21

2 Answers 2