A genetic experiment with peas resulted in one sample of offspring that consisted of 431 green peas and 156 yellow peas. A) Construct a 95% confidence interval to estimate of percentage of yellow peas. B) Based on the confidence interval, do the results of the experiment appear to contradict thr expectation that 25% of the offspring peas would be yellow.  (a) Construct a 95% confidence interval. Express the percentages in decimal form. []

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A genetic experiment with peas resulted in one sample of offspring that consisted of 431 green peas and 156 yellow peas.

A) Construct a 95% confidence interval to estimate of percentage of yellow peas.

B) Based on the confidence interval, do the results of the experiment appear to contradict thr expectation that 25% of the offspring peas would be yellow. 

(a) Construct a 95% confidence interval. Express the percentages in decimal form.

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