Answer:
The hair is a nonhuman animal hair.
Explanation:
To decide if this hair is a human hair or a nonhuman animal hair, we need to calculate the medullary index.
The medullary index has the following formula :
[tex]MedullaryIndex=\frac{Medulla'sWidth}{EntireHair'sWidth}[/tex] (I)
If we replace the data from the question in the equation (I) :
[tex]MedullaryIndex=\frac{58microns}{110microns}=0.527[/tex]
The medullary index is 0.527
Now, the medullary index for humans is 0.33 or less while the medullary index for animals is 0.50 or greater.
⇒ [tex]0.527>0.50[/tex] ⇒
We answer that the hair is a nonhuman animal hair.
