Question

How many chromosomes does a child inherit from his or her parents?

Answer 1

46 chromosomes

Step-by-step explanation:

An average human being has 46 chromosomes in total, when two parents come together and make a child, the child will receive 50% of each parent's traits, considering that human beings are diploid cellular organisms. Of course we would have to divide 46 in half, which is 23, but considering there are two parents, 23 + 23 = 46. Meaning that the child will inherit 46 chromosomes from his or her parents.

Answer 2

Along the segments of our DNA, genes are neatly packaged within structures called chromosomes. Every human cell contains 46 chromosomes, arranged as 23 pairs (called autosomes), with one member of each pair inherited from each parent at the time of conception.