The proportions of blood phenotypes in the U.S. population are as follows:  A          B         AB        O .40       .11       .04        .45 Assuming that the phenotypes of two randomly selected individualsn are independent of one another, what is the probability that both phenotypes are O? What is the probability that the phenotypes of two randomly selected individual match?

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The proportions of blood phenotypes in the U.S. population are as follows:

 A          B         AB        O

.40       .11       .04        .45

Assuming that the phenotypes of two randomly selected individualsn are independent of one another, what is the probability that both phenotypes are O? What is the probability that the phenotypes of two randomly selected individual match?

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