Multiple Choice
A population of beetles has a mean weight of 30 g.In a controlled,constant environment,individuals of 12 g are selected and allowed to interbreed,and their progeny have a mean weight of 21 g with a variance of 4.5 g2.What is the additive variance in this experiment?
A) 0.50
B) 0.57
C) 0.70
D) 1.75
E) 2.25
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