Question

a monk crossbred plants, which can have purple or white flowers, and obtained 512 plants with white flowers and 354 plants with purple flowers. find the empirical probability that a plant had each type of flower.
the probability a plant had white flowers is 0.5912
(round to four decimal places as needed)
the probability a plant had purple flowers is
(round to four decimal places as needed.)

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate total number of plants

Total number of plants \(n = 512+354=866\)

Step2: Calculate probability of purple - flowered plants

Probability \(P=\frac{\text{Number of purple - flowered plants}}{\text{Total number of plants}}\)
\(P=\frac{354}{866}\approx0.4088\)

Answer:

\(0.4088\)