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diamong [38]
3 years ago
10

Calculate the medullary index of a hair whose diameter is 110 microns and whose medulla measures 58 microns. Is this human or no

nhuman animal hair?
Biology
2 answers:
RoseWind [281]3 years ago
5 0
<span>58/110 = . 53 ( >. 33 so it is an animal)</span>
makvit [3.9K]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

The hair is a nonhuman animal hair.

Explanation:

To decide if this hair is a human hair or a nonhuman animal hair, we need to calculate the medullary index.

The medullary index has the following formula :

MedullaryIndex=\frac{Medulla'sWidth}{EntireHair'sWidth} (I)

If we replace the data from the question in the equation (I) :

MedullaryIndex=\frac{58microns}{110microns}=0.527

The medullary index is 0.527

Now, the medullary index for humans is 0.33 or less while the medullary index for animals is 0.50 or greater.

⇒ 0.527>0.50 ⇒

We answer that the hair is a nonhuman animal hair.

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