Question

There are 511 plants with white flowers and 365 plants with purple flowers. Find the empirical probability that a plant had each type of flower.

Answer 1

Answer:

• White: 7/12
• Purple: 5/12

Step-by-step explanation:

You want the empirical probability of each color of flowers if 511 crossbred plants had white flowers, and 365 plants had purple flowers.

Empirical probability

The empirical probability of a particular color flower is the ratio of plants with that color to total plants.

The total number of plants in the sample was 511 +365 = 876. Then we have ...

 p(white) = 511/876 = 7/12

 p(purple) = 365/876 = 5/12