Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
You want the empirical probability of each color of flowers if 511 crossbred plants had white flowers, and 365 plants had purple flowers.
The empirical probability of a particular color flower is the ratio of plants with that color to total plants.
The total number of plants in the sample was 511 +365 = 876. Then we have ...
p(white) = 511/876 = 7/12
p(purple) = 365/876 = 5/12