Applying Probability Rules in Genetics

What is the probability of flipping a coin five times and getting tails every time?

• 1 in 32

• 1 in 128

• 1 in 64

• 1 in 16

What is the probability of rolling Snake Eyes on two dice?

• 1 in 18

• 1 in 36

• 1 in 12

• 1 in 6

If you pick a 3 from a deck of cards, return it, and then pick a king, what is the probability of this sequence?

• 1 in 256

• 1 in 104

• 1 in 169

• 1 in 52

In a cross between heterozygous pea plants for purple flowers, what is the probability of getting a homozygous recessive offspring?

• 1 in 16

• 1 in 8

• 1 in 4

• 1 in 2

In a tri-hybrid cross, what is the probability of getting an offspring with the genotype AaBbCc?

• 1 in 2

• 1 in 4

• 1 in 8

• 1 in 16

What is the probability of rolling a 2 or a 5 on a six-sided die?

• 1 in 3

• 1 in 9

• 1 in 12

• 1 in 6

What is the probability of picking a 5 or a heart from a deck of cards?

• 8 in 26

• 4 in 13

• 1 in 13

• 1 in 4

What is the probability of getting a heads or a tails when flipping a coin?

• 1 in 1

• 1 in 2

• 1 in 4

• 1 in 8

In a cross between heterozygous pea plants, what is the probability of getting a heterozygous offspring?

• 1 in 8

• 1 in 4

• 1 in 2

• 1 in 16

In a cross between two heterozygous parents, what is the probability of getting an offspring with either AaBbCc or AABbcc?

• 2 in 16

• 1 in 4

• 1 in 8

• 1 in 16