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Agriculture: Cotton A botanist has developed a new hybrid cotton plant that can withstand insects better than other cotton plants. However, there is some concern about the germination of seeds from the new plant. To estimate the
(a) Use relative frequencies to estimate the probability that a seed will germinate. What is your estimate?
(b) Use relative frequencies to estimate the probability that a seed will not germinate. What is your estimate?
(c) Either a seed germinates or it does not. What is the
(d) Are the outcomes in the sample space of part (c) equally likely?
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