Question

The probabilities of contamination in medicine capsules from the presence of heavy metals and different types of microbes are given in the table. If capsule A shows microbial contamination, what is the chance that the contamination is from Salmonella?

Answer 1

The probabilities of contamination from heavy metals is 0.043%, E.coli is 0.15%, staphylococcus is 0.28%, Pseudomonas is 0.33% and salmonella 0.31%

Explanation:

The table shows the probabilities of contamination in medicine capsules from the presence of different types of microbes and heavy metals.

Now,

The first step to take is to find the chance that the contamination A is from salmonella.

Then

From the given table, it known that:

The contamination probability of A is from heavy metal = 0.043%

The contamination probability of A is from E.coli = 0.15%

The contamination probability of A from staphylococcus = 0.28%

The contamination Probability of A is from Pseudomonas = 0.33%

and

The contamination probability of A is from salmonella = 0.31%

Note: Kindly find an attached document of the Table of the probabilities of contamination in medicine capsules from the presence of heavy metals and different types of microbes.

Answer 2

29%

Explanation:

The people really do not know who to answer this question. It is 29% because probability formula for the salmonella microbial contamination/sum of microbial contamination. 0.31/1.07 = 0.2897196262 or 0.29, which is 29%