Multiple choice

Sentence A: It is a common practice to give two antibiotics simultaneously to treat some diseases. Sentence B: The chance of two mutations in the same cell is the product of the single mutation for each.

  1. Sentences A and B are both incorrect.

  2. Sentence A is correct and sentence B is the right explanation of sentence A.

  3. Sentence A is correct but sentence B is not the correct explanation of sentence A.

  4. Sentence A and sentence B are unrelated.

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Sentence A is correct and sentence B is the right explanation of sentence A. It is a common practice to give two antibiotics simultaneously to treat some diseases because if the mutation rate to first antibiotic is supposed to be 10-6 and mutation rate to the second antibiotic is 10-8 per cell division, then the probability that both the mutations would occur in the same cell is 10-6 x 10-8 = 10-14 This means that the chance of two mutations in the same cell is the product of the single mutation for each.