Three Statistics Professors and Seven Chemistry Professors Are Available to Be

question 95

Multiple Choice

Three statistics professors and seven chemistry professors are available to be advisors to a student organization. The student organization needs two of the professors to be
Advisors. If each professor has an equal chance of being selected, what is the probability
That both professors are chemistry professors?

• A) 0.467
• B) 0.100
• C) 0.111
• D) 0.233

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Definitions:

Alleles

Variants of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.

DNA Sequences

The precise order of nucleotides within a DNA molecule, which determines the genetic information carried.

Homologous Chromosomes

Pairs of chromosomes in a diploid organism that have the same gene sequence and structure, one from each parent.

Sexually Reproducing Populations

Groups of organisms that reproduce through the exchange of genetic material between two individuals, leading to offspring with genetic variation.