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Among finches males and females have one of the three colours — Red, Blue or Yellow — on their head. During the mating season, males and females pair up randomly. For a large population of finches with 50% red, 30% blue and 20% yellow coloured individuals among both males and females, what is the expected number of pairings between red males and yellow females if the total number of pairs formed is 10000?

  1. A.2500
  2. B.1500
  3. C.1000
  4. D.600

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