the hardy-weinberg equation is as follows:
where is homozygous dominant, 2pq is heterozygous, and is recessive.
we also know that:
so since we know that homozygous dominant is 0.53, we can solve for p:
so then we can solve for q:
so then we can solve for the heterozygous term:
so now we know that the percentage of the population that should be heterozygous is 39.6%.