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?
what is wrong with this reasoning?
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0Is the probability of a male being left handed, and a female being handed the same? – 2011-03-21
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1Why should it be wrong? – 2011-03-21