Neco 2022 Biology Question 46

Practice objective / multiple choice question 46 from the 2022 Neco Biology examination.

Neco 2022 Biology Objective / Multiple Choice Hard Difficulty
Question 46 NECO • 2022 • BIOLOGY • objective

An outbreak of a viral disease occurs in a community of 10,000 people. At the start (day 0) there are 5 identified cases. After 7 days, before any public health intervention, the total number of reported cases rises to 45. The disease has an average infectious period of 4 days. Assuming the early phase follows exponential growth and can be described by the SIR model, calculate the basic reproductive number \(R_0\) before the intervention.

Answer Options

A. 3.14
B. 2.80
C. 1.85
Correct Answer D. 2.26
Correct Answer
D
Correct Option:
2.26

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This is Neco 2022 Biology Question 46. It is one of the objective questions from the 2022 Neco Biology examination.

Difficulty level: Hard .

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