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Sedbober [7]
3 years ago
5

In microbiology, colony-forming units (CFUs) are used to measure the number of microorganisms present in a sample. To determine

the number of CFUs, the sample is prepared, spread uniformly on an agar plate, and then incubated at some suitable temperature. Suppose that the number of CFUs that appear after incubation follows a Poisson distribution with μ = 15.
(a) If the area of the agar plate is 75 square centimeters (cm2), what is the probability of observing fewer than 4 CFUs in a 25 cm2 area of the plate? (Round your answer to four decimal places.)
(b) If you were to count the total number of CFUs in 5 plates, what is the probability you would observe more than 95 CFUs? Use the Poisson distribution to obtain this probability. (Round your answer to four decimal places.)
(c) Repeat the probability calculation in part (b) but now use the normal approximation. (Round your answer to four decimal ​)
(d) Find the difference between this value and your answer in part (b). (Round your answer to four decimal places.)
Mathematics
1 answer:
zimovet [89]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

(a)  0.2650

(b)  0.0111

(c)  0.0105

(d)  0.0006

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that:

In microbiology, colony-forming units (CFUs) are used to measure the number of microorganisms present in a sample.

Suppose that the number of CFUs that appear after incubation follows a Poisson distribution with mean μ = 15.       &;

If the area of the agar plate is 75cm²;

what is the probability  of observing fewer than 4 CFUs in a 25 cm² area of the plate.

We can determine the mean number of CFUs that appear on a 25cm² area of the plate as follows;

75cm²/25cm² = 3

Since;

mean  μ = 15  

mean number of CFUs that appear on a 25cm² = 15/3 = 5 CFUs

Thus ; the probability of observing fewer than 4 CFUs in a 25 cm² area of the plate is estimated as:

= P(X < 4)

Using the EXCEL FUNCTION ( = poisson.dist(3, 5, TRUE) )

we have ;

P(X < 4) = 0.2650

b) If you were to count the total number of CFUs in 5 plates, what is the probability you would observe more than 95 CFUs?

Given that the total number of CFUs = 5 plates; then the mean number of CFUs in 5 plates =  15×5 = 75 CFUs

The probability is therefore = P( X > 95 )

= 1 - P(X ≤ 95)

= 1 - poisson.dist(95,75,TRUE) ( by using the excel function)

= 0.0111

c) Repeat the probability calculation in part (b) but now use the normal approximation.

Let assume that the mean and the variance of the poisson distribution are equal

Then;

X \sim N (\mu = 75 , \sigma^2 = 75)

We are to repeated the probability calculation in part (b) from above;

So:

P( X > 95 )

use the normal approximation

From standard normal variable table:

P(Z > 2.3094)

Using normal table

P(Z > 2.3094) = 0.0105

(d)  Find the difference between this value and your answer in part (b).

So;

the difference between the value in part c and part b is;

=  0.0111 - 0.0105

= 6*10^{-4}

= 0.0006 to four decimal places

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