A horticulturist crosses two plants of the same species-one has a red flower and the other has a white flower. He knows from genetics that of the resulting seeds will produce plants with white flowers and will produce plants with red flowers. He harvests seeds and grows out 700 plants. How many of those would he expect to produce white flowers? (Simplify your answer completely.) plants How many those would he expect to produce red flowers? (Simplify your answer completely.) plants

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A horticulturist crosses two plants of the same species-one has a red flower and the other has a white flower. He knows from genetics that
of the resulting seeds will produce plants with white flowers and
will produce plants with red flowers. He harvests seeds and
grows out 700 plants. How many of those would he expect to produce white flowers? (Simplify your answer completely.)
plants
How many of those would he expect to produce red flowers? (Simplify your answer completely.)
plants
Transcribed Image Text:A horticulturist crosses two plants of the same species-one has a red flower and the other has a white flower. He knows from genetics that of the resulting seeds will produce plants with white flowers and will produce plants with red flowers. He harvests seeds and grows out 700 plants. How many of those would he expect to produce white flowers? (Simplify your answer completely.) plants How many of those would he expect to produce red flowers? (Simplify your answer completely.) plants
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