Probability that selected child will be affected by disease

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Suppose that a male offspring has a 50% chance of inheriting a particular disease, but a female offspring has no chance of inheriting the disease. Further suppose that 51.3% of births are male. What is the probability that a randomly chosen child will be affected by the disease?

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