Doctor Pan, what are the chances of my getting arsenic or cyanide poisoning from an apple?

As many of you might know, apple seeds can cause cyanide poisoning if ingested. Apple seeds contain a compound called amygdalin, a cyanide and sugar compound that degrades into hydrogen cyanide when ingested. To expand upon this subject, cyanide can kill the subject within minutes, has no effective antidote, so you if happen to ingest some, there's no way you can reverse the effects.

But does this mean that every time you eat an apple you're fringing on death? Not necessarily, and we turn to math for the answers and explanations.

Number of apple seeds(Percentage of amygdalin in a seed x Mass of apple seed in comparison to the apple) = Amount of amygdalin in an apple

On average, there is usually 2% amygdalin in an apple seed.
The average mass of an apple is 136 grams, and the average mass of an apple seed is 5 milligrams, the percentage of seed to apple would then be 0.000367647%.

So, lets say there are 2 apple seeds in an apple:

2(0.02 x 0.000367647)=0.000014706

Basically, every time you eat an apple, there are 0.000014706% amygdalin in an average apple.
But...the effects can set in only if the seeds are pulverized and then masticated, therefore, you have to put the mastication speed into the equation:

0.000014706 x Average chewing speed = Actual chance of poisoning

Hmm...let's say the chewing speed was about 0.5 mph (wait, what? That can't measure chewing speed...oh well).

0.000014706 x 0.5 = 0.000007353

Only a 0.000007353% chance of cyanide poisoning in an apple.

Basically, you need to eat 1359989.912 apples seeds reallyreally fast, and not throw up.

BUT! Does the person's body size count? It sure does, but I need to get back to my homework now.

Kthxbai. Au revoir.

Hmmm...

I just read over my old posts, and I have to say; they were definitely not up to snuff! *coughcough*

Therefore, I have deleted the year's worth of posts, and starting anew.

So, the next post will be kind of a new beginning, a resurrection of sorts, I guess.

See you there.