A Geneticist Developed a New Type of Pest-Resistant Walnuts

question 43

Multiple Choice

A geneticist developed a new type of pest-resistant walnuts. These walnuts produce 75% of pest-resistant walnut trees and 25% of susceptible (not resistant) trees when two resistant trees are crossed. If a grower crosses two such trees, the outcome is random and a probability model is given by outcomes:

• A)resistant with probability 0.5 and susceptible with probability 0.5.
• B)resistant with probability 0.75 and susceptible with probability 0.75.
• C)resistant with probability 0.25 and susceptible with probability 0.25.
• D)resistant with probability 0.75 and susceptible with probability 0.25.

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