Which of the following sets of ordered pairs is a function?
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Answer:
The answer is just 1 and 3.
Step-by-step explanation:
To understand this problem, you must think of what whole numbers actually are.
Whole numbers consist of Positive integers and Zero.
Positive integers include 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ... etc
Zero is 0
The reason isn't a whole number is because that fraction doesn't reduce any further and does not yield a whole number.
Bb = brown hair phenotype
bb = black hair phenotype
we see that B = brown hair is the dominant gene while b = black hair is the recessive gene
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ll = short hair, this is a lowercase L
Ll = long hair
In this case, l = short hair is the recessive gene while L = long hair is the dominant gene.
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Check out the diagram below to see the dihybrid crosses for each of the hair color and hair length genotypes. From there, I show all of the genotypes possible for any offspring. Those genotypes are
- LlBb = long brown hair (comes up 4 times)
- Llbb = long black hair (comes up 4 times)
- llBb = short brown hair (comes up 4 times)
- llbb = short black hair (comes up 4 times)
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If we are talking about 1 offspring, then it is not possible for him/her to have both "long black hair AND short brown hair" as the instructions state. So let's consider two offspring instead.
The probability of having long black hair is 4/16 = 1/4 as there are 4 cases of Llbb out of 16 cases total. Similarly, the probability of getting llBb is 4/16 = 1/4 as well, for pretty much the same reasons.
The probability of having both events occur is (1/4)*(1/4) = 1/16
The multiplication of probabilities is valid because the two events are independent.
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<h3>Final Answer: A) 1/16</h3>