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Assortative mating is a nonrandom mating pattern where individuals with similar genotypes and/or phenotypes mate with one another more frequently than what would be expected under a random mating pattern. Researchers studying this topic collected data on eye colors of 209 Scandinavian men and their female partners. The table below summarizes the results (rows represent male eye color while columns represent female eye color). For simplicity, we only include heterosexual relationships in this exercise.
(please round any numerical answers to 4 decimal places)
| Blue | Brown | Green | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 65 | 29 | 20 | 114 |
| Brown | 18 | 27 | 7 | 52 |
| Green | 13 | 8 | 22 | 43 |
| Total | 96 | 64 | 49 | 209 |
a) What is the
b) What is the probability that a randomly chosen male respondent with blue eyes has a partner with blue eyes?
c) What is the probability that a randomly chosen male respondent with brown eyes has a partner with blue eyes?
d) What is the probability of a randomly chosen male respondent with green eyes having a partner with blue eyes?
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