Only red and blue flowers are produced from a particular seed mixture. We plant a random sample of 27 seeds and obtain 6 blue and 21 red flowers. We wish to test the null hypothesis that the mixture gives twice as many red flowers as blue flowers. The value of f_e for red flowers is A) 18 B) 16 C) 9 D) 13 1/2

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The null hypothesis states that the mixture gives twice as many red flowers as blue flowers. Therefore, if there are 6 blue flowers, we expect 2 * 6 = 12 red flowers. However, the total number of flowers is 27, so the expected number of red flowers (f_e) should be 27 * (2/3) = 18, since the ratio of red to total should be 2:3.

Only Red and Blue Flowers Are Produced from a Particular