Question

Biologists would like to catch costa rican glass frogs for breeding. There is a 70% probability that a glass frog they catch is male. If 10 glass frogs of a certain species are caught, what are the chances that they will have at least 2 male and 2 female frogs? What is the expected value of the number of female frogs caught?

Answer 1

The Chances of Frog Gender and Expected Value

A biologist would like to catch Costa Rican glass frogs for breeding.

• There is given data which indicates that if 10 glass frogs of a certain species are caught then there are many chances that they will have at least 2 male and 2 female frogs.

• The expected value of the number of female frogs caught is 2.