Neco 2021 Agricultural Science Question 14

Practice objective / multiple choice question 14 from the 2021 Neco Agricultural Science examination.

Neco 2021 Agricultural Science Objective / Multiple Choice Medium Difficulty
Question 14 NECO • 2021 • AGRICULTURAL_SCIENCE • objective

A livestock disease has a basic reproduction number \(R_{0}=3.5\). A vaccine with \(85\%\) efficacy is available. To eradicate the disease the effective reproduction number must satisfy \(R_{e}=R_{0}(1-p\times e)<1\), where \(p\) is the proportion of the herd vaccinated and \(e\) is the vaccine efficacy (as a decimal). Calculate the minimum vaccination coverage \(p\) (as a percentage, to one decimal place) required.

Answer Options

Correct Answer A. 84.0
B. 83.5
C. 90.0
D. 85.0
Correct Answer
A
Correct Option:
84.0

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This is Neco 2021 Agricultural Science Question 14. It is one of the objective questions from the 2021 Neco Agricultural Science examination.

Difficulty level: Medium .

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