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.

Question

Cause Deaths
Passenger car occupant 13,100
Motorcycle driver 4,500
Tornado 553
Skydiving 56


a) What is the probability that an American chosen at random died as a passenger car occupant last year?

Answer 1

13100/312000000

Answer 2

yes
= 1.31 / 31200
= 4.2*10^-5
= .000042

Answer 3

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