In the process of meiosis, a single parent diploid cell goes through eight different phases. However, only 60% of the processes pass the first six phases and only 40% pass all eight. Assume that the results from each phase are independent.
a. If the probability of a successful pass of each one of the first six phases is constant, what is the probability of a successful pass of a single one of these phases?
b. If the probability of a successful pass of each one of the last two phases is constant, what is the probability of a successful pass of a single one of these phases?