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Cystic fibrosis shows autosomal recessive inheritance with an incidence of 1 in 2500. The unaffected brother of an affected girl is referred for genetic counseling. Assume that the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Which of the following is correct?

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  1. The probability that the brother is a carrier is 1/2.
  2. If the brother has a child with a healthy unrelated partner the probability that the child will be affected is 1 in 150.
  3. If the brother has a child with his first cousin the probability that the child will be affected is 1 in 12.
  4. If the affected sister has a child with her first cousin the probability that the child will be affected is 1 in 4.
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#Question id: 12819

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The length and breadth of a rectangle are increased by 20% and 25% respectively. The increase in the area of the resulting rectangle will be :

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The length of a room floor exceeds its breadth by 20 m. The area of the floor remains unaltered when the length is decreased by 10 m but the breadth is increased by 5 m. The area of the floor (in square metres) is :

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A street of width 10 metres surrounds from outside a rectangular garden whose measurement is 200 m × 180 m. The area of the path (in square metres) is

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In measuring the sides of a rectangle, there is an excess of 5% on one side and 2% deficit on the other. Then the error percent in the area is

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A lawn is in the form of a rectangle having its breadth and length in the ratio 3 : 4. The area of the lawn is 1/12 hectare. The breadth of the lawn is

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#Question id: 12824

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The area of a rectangle is thrice that of a square. The length of the rectangle is 20 cm and the breadth of the rectangle is 3/2 times that of the side of the square. The side of the square (in cm) is