Answer Questions Based on the Case Study "Katelyn Cornhusker" Information

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Multiple Choice

Answer questions based on the case study "Katelyn Cornhusker" information below.
The local newspaper has just reported an outbreak of food poisoning from a local restaurant that is part of a national chain of restaurants who have reported similar outbreaks.Katelyn Cornhusker reports on the story and uses quotes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention governmental website;a nutrition professor from the state-funded university;and a dietitian and a medical doctor,both from a local hospital that has been treating patients who got sick from the contaminated food.The story describes how individuals are being hospitalized after experiencing symptoms of cramps,nausea,bloating,and bloody diarrhea within 12 to 18 hours of eating undercooked hamburgers.Most patrons also consumed a diet soda,milk shake,and French fries with their meal.
-The diet soda consumed at the restaurant likely contained the chemical additive:

• A)olestra.
• B)Simplesse.
• C)lecithin.
• D)BHT.
• E)sucralose.

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Definitions:

P(A)

Denotes the probability of event A happening.

P(B)

The probability notation referring to the likelihood of event B occurring.

Independent

Not influenced by or contingent upon others; describes variables that operate without interference from other variables.

P(B|A)

The probability of event B occurring given that event A has already occurred, indicating a conditional probability.