Question

If I observe a bed of mussels on the coast of California in which five species live where the abundances of each species are 100, 500, 998, 12, and 1548, what is the probability that I would randomly pick the third species

Answer 1

The Probability of randomly picking the third species=0.316

Explanation:

In a bed of mussels on the coast of California in which five species live,

The Abundance of each Species are 100, 500, 998, 12, and 1548

Total Value=100+500+998+12+1548=3158

Abundance of third Species=998

Probability
`=(Abundance of Selected Species)/(Total Abundance)`

Probability (randomly picking the third species)
`=(998)/(3158)`=
`(499)/(1579)`=0.316