Question: When a scientist conducted a genetics experiments withpeas, one sample of offspring consisted of 907 907 peas, with 709 709 of them having red flowers.

When a scientist conducted a genetics experiments withpeas, one sample of offspring consisted of 907

907 peas, with 709

709 of them having red flowers. If weassume, as the scientistdid, that under thesecircumstances, there is a 3 divided by 4

3/4 probability that a pea will have a redflower, we would expect that 680.25

680.25 (or about 680

680) of the peas would have redflowers, so the result of 709

709 peas with red flowers is more than expected.

a. If thescientist's assumed probability iscorrect, find the probability of getting 709

709 or more peas with red flowers.

b. Is 709

709 peas with red flowers significantlyhigh?

c. What do these results suggest about thescientist's assumption that 3 divided by 4

3/4 of peas will have redflowers?

a. If thescientist's assumed probability iscorrect, the probability of getting

709 or more peas with red flowers is

nothing

.

(Round to four decimal places asneeded.)

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