In the process of meiosis, a single parent diploid cell goes through eight different phases. However, only 60% of the processes pass the first six phases and only 40% pass all eight. Assume that the results from each phase are independent.
a) If the probability of a successful pass of each one of the first six phases is constant, what is the probability of a successful pass of a single one of these phases?
b) If the probability of a successful pass of each one of the last two phases is constant, what is the probability of a successful pass of a single one of these phases?

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In the process of meiosis, a single parent diploid cell goes through eight different phases. However, only 60% of the processes pass the first six phases and only 40% pass all eight. Assume that the results from each phase are independent.
a) If the probability of a successful pass of each one of the first six phases is constant, what is the probability of a successful pass of a single one of these phases?
b) If the probability of a successful pass of each one of the last two phases is constant, what is the probability of a successful pass of a single one of these phases?

caozeyuan · Answer

its for my biostats class, cuz I am biochem major so I dont take the stats from my math dept

kittiwitti1 · Answer

@Directrix