Question

A number of people became ill after eating oysters in a restaurant. Which of the following statements is a hypothesis about this occurrence?

a. Everyone who ate oysters got sick.
b. People got sick whether the oysters they ate were raw or cooked.
c. Symptoms included nausea and dizziness.
d. The cook felt really bad about it.
e. Bacteria in the oysters may have caused the illness.

Answer 1

e. Bacteria in the oysters may have caused the illness.

Step-by-step explanation:

A hypothesis is an unverified statement, once refuted or confirmed it will cease to be hypotheses and would be a verified statement. The hypothesis is a scientific conjecture that requires a contrast with experience.

In the hypothesis "Bacteria in oysters may have caused the disease", we want to give an answer regarding that a number of people became ill after eating oysters in a restaurant, being just an assumption from the information given , which has not been verified.

Answer 2

A hypothesis is a statement in which experiments or other forms of testing can be done in order to approve it or disapprove of it. From the given above, the best choice would be to look into the possibility that pathogens are present in the food.