Suppose That a Given Gene Undergoes a Mutation to a Dominant

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Suppose that a given gene undergoes a mutation to a dominant allele such that 2 out of 100,000 offspring exhibit the new mutant phenotype.Assuming that these offspring are heterozygous,what is the mutation rate for the gene?

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