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OpenStudy (anonymous):

a couple want to have children who are genetically identical.short of having identical twins engineered.which of the following statements best describes the number of offspring they should have to allow this? options are 23000,23^2,2^23000and 1billion.....

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Can you clarify the first sentence?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

they want to have twins naturally..

OpenStudy (anonymous):

its a probability question

OpenStudy (anonymous):

basically : What's the probability of having twins?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ya

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what numbers do they give?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

to solve the prob

OpenStudy (anonymous):

and 23 may refer to the to the number of chromosomes in human not sure but

OpenStudy (anonymous):

but i am sure there are 23 pairs of chromosomes in human..

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ya that's correct

OpenStudy (anonymous):

based off that information i'd say 23^2

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ya i too agree with you based on that...thanks..

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