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GENETICS

publish date: 2024/03/16 13:09:00 UTC

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Gregor Mendel (1822–1884), an Augustinian monk, is credited with developing a model that became the foundation of modern genetics. In his experiments, he crossed purple flowered plants with white-flowered plants and found that \(\frac34\) of the offspring plants had purple flowers and \(\frac14\) of them had white flowers.  Refer to the illustration below; which shows a group of offspring plants.  According to this concept, when the plants begin to flower, how many will have purple flowers?

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Missing Word

Correct Answer

9

Explanation

Multiply the percent of the purple flowers by the number of flowers to get the number of purple flowers

$\frac34 \cdot 12 = 9$

Reference

Mathematics for college students, go-math-science.com

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