A Farmer Who Grows Genetically Engineered Corn Is Experiencing Trouble

question 115

Multiple Choice

A farmer who grows genetically engineered corn is experiencing trouble with corn borers. A random check of 5,000 ears revealed the following: many of the ears contained no borers. Some ears had one borer; a few had two borers; and so on. The distribution of the number of borers per ear approximated the Poisson distribution. The farmer counted 3,500 borers in the 5,000 ears. What is the probability that an ear of corn selected at random will contain no borers?

• A) 0.3476
• B) 0.4966
• C) 1.000
• D) 0.0631

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Definitions:

Heavy Chains

Large polypeptide subunits that, together with light chains, make up the structure of antibodies.

Immunoglobulins

Proteins produced by the immune system that function as antibodies to help fight off infections.

IgG

A class of immunoglobulins that is the most abundant type of antibody found in blood and extracellular fluid, playing a crucial role in the immune response.