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A scientist repeats Mendel's experiment. The scientist got the following results:

| | Purple flowers | White flowers |
|-------------|----------------|---------------|
| Number of plants | 669 | 221 |

What is the ratio of purple flowers to white flowers?

[tex]\(\boxed{\quad}\)[/tex] : 1



Answer :

To determine the ratio of purple flowers to white flowers based on the results of the scientist's experiment, we will follow these steps:

1. Identify the number of plants with purple flowers and white flowers.
- The number of plants with purple flowers is 669.
- The number of plants with white flowers is 221.

2. Calculate the ratio of purple flowers to white flowers.
- The ratio can be calculated by dividing the number of purple flowers by the number of white flowers.

[tex]\[ \text{Ratio} = \frac{\text{Number of purple flowers}}{\text{Number of white flowers}} = \frac{669}{221} \][/tex]

3. Evaluate the division to obtain the ratio.
- Performing the division:

[tex]\[ \frac{669}{221} = 3.0271493212669682 \][/tex]

Thus, the ratio of purple flowers to white flowers is approximately [tex]\( 3.0271493212669682 : 1 \)[/tex].

This ratio indicates that for every 1 white flower, there are about 3.03 purple flowers.