A genetics experiment involves a population of fruit flies consisting of 3 males

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A genetics experiment involves a population of fruit flies consisting of 3 males named Bart, Carlos, and Danny and 1 female named Elena. Assume that two fruit flies are randomly selected with replacement. a. After listing the possible samples and finding the proportion of females in each sample, use a table to describe the sampling distribution of the proportion of females. Proportion of females Probability 16 0.5 16 16 (Type integers or fractions.) b. Find the mean of the sampling distribution. = (Round to two decimal places as needed.)

Explanation / Answer

Solution:-

b. mean = = x*p(x)

=> 0(9/16) + 0.5(6/16) + 1(1/16)

= 1/4

= 0.25

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