~What is the probability that an American chosen at random died as a passenger c
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~What is the probability that an American chosen at random died as a passenger car occupant last year?
~What is the probability that a random American will die as a passenger car occupant next year?
~What is the probability that an American chosen at random will die as the result of a tornado next year?
~What is the probability that you will die as the result of a tornado next year?
~People sometimes claim skydiving is less dangerous than driving. Does the data support this claim?
~People sometimes claim motorcycle riding is less dangerous than driving. Does the data support this claim? What would additional information and/or calculations be useful to evaluate this claim?
The table below shows the number of deaths in the U.S. in a year due to a variety of causes. For these questions, assume these values are not changing from year to year, and that the population of the United States is 312 million people. Cause Deaths Passenger car occupant 13,100 Motorcycle driver 4,500 Tornado 553 56 SkydivingExplanation / Answer
Probability that an American chosen at random died as a passenger car occupant last year = 13100/312,000,000
= 4.2x10-5
Probability that a random American will die as a passenger car occupant next year = 13100/312,000,000
= 4.2x10-5
Probability that an American chosen at random will die as the result of a tornado next year = 553/312,000,000
= 1.77x10-6
Probability that you will die as the result of a tornado next year = 1.77x10-6
No, the data doesnot suport that skydiving is less dangerous than driving because we dont have the number of people doing skydiving and driving
No, the data doesnot suport that motorcycle riding is less dangerous than driving. We need number of motorcycle drivers and passenger car drivers so that we can calculate the proportion of drivers and motorcycle riders who die in accidents.
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