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Data Analysis:
After looking at the data, it was noticed that there were not many outliers. Also,
the 1.25 g/L concentration of salt had the highest percent of seeds germinated at 95.71%
and the highest average radical length of 29.49mm. As assumed, the group of seeds with
18g/L of salt had the lowest percent germinated of 74.29% and also had the lowest
average radical length of 4.74mm.
Conclusion:
The results of this experiment did not justify the hypothesis that 50 percent of
radish seeds exposed to 9 g/L of salt would die. Although the LD50 of salt on radish
seeds could not be calculated only based on the class data, after creating a dose-response
curve, the LD50 was predicted to be around 49 g/L. In addition, the concentration of salt
that germinated the highest percentage of seeds with the longest radicles was 1.25 g/L.
This can conclude that concentrations of salt less than or equal to 1.25 g/L of salt are
nontoxic to radish seeds. Because the concentration of salt is used to deice roads falls
above the LD50 of salt on radish seeds, it can be predicted that these levels are high
enough to harm vegetation and aquatic plant populations. Therefore, the risk can be
managed in order to prevent sever harm to the environment.