Question

A monk crossbred plants which can have purple or white flowers and obtained 511 plants with white flowers and 337 plants with purple flowers find the empirical Probability that a plant had each type of flower

Answer 1

For purple;

P(p) = 337/848 = 0.40

For white;

P(w) = 511/848 = 0.60

Explanation:

Given;

Number of plants with purple flowers P = 337

Number of plants with white flowers W = 511

Total T = 337 + 511 = 848

For purple;

the empirical Probability that a plant had purple flowers P(p) is

P(p) = Number of plants with purple flowers/total number of plants

P(p) = P/T

Substituting the values, we have;

P(p) = 337/848 = 0.40

For white;

the empirical Probability that a plant had white flowers P(w) is

P(w) = Number of plants with white flowers/total number of plants

P(w) = W/T

Substituting the values, we have;

P(w) = 511/848 = 0.60