Question

Your friend adds a certain amount of T4 phage to a certain amount of bacterial cells, monitors the fraction of bacteria that did not have any phage bound, and find that this is 0.3

Can you calculate for your friend what the initial average phage to bacteria ratio was)?

Please write your answer rounded to the nearest tenth, such as 3.7 or 6.2

Answer 1

By using the Poisson's formula, the average phase to bacteria ratio is: e-22 Poisson'sform F(0)=2*** 22 20 o 0.3-e42° op 0.3= e- In 0.3=-2 -1.2039=-2 2=1.20