A scientist crossed a tall pea plant with a short pea plant. Of the offspring, 13 were tall and 12 were short, write the ratio o

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A scientist crossed a tall pea plant with a short pea plant. Of the offspring, 13 were tall and 12 were short, write the ratio o

f each phenotype to the total number of offspring. Express the ratios as fractions

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In-s [12.5K] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-28T07:12:05+03:00

Answer:

Tall offsprings: 13/25

Short offsprings: 12/25

Explanation:

According to this question, a cross between a tall pea plant and a short pea plant gives rise to the following:

13 tall pea offsprings

12 short pea offsprings

This means that a total of (13 + 12) = 25 offsprings were produced by this cross. To get the ratio of each phenotype to the total number of offspring, we say the number of each phenotype (tall or short) / total offspring the produced.

That is;

Tall offsprings: 13/25

Short offsprings: 12/25

In percentage, this can be represented as:

Tall offsprings: 13/25 × 100 = 52%

Short offsprings: 12/25 × 100 = 48%