Answer:
- The odds are one in approximately 27 million.
- Not one in 600 billion
Step-by-step explanation:
From the news story, we are told that:
The odds are 1 in 150 that a piece of Skylab will hit someone.
However, 4 billion people live in the zone in which pieces could fall.
Therefore, any one person’s chances of being struck are:
Therefore, the odds are one in approximately 27 million.
The inaccuracy presented in this reasoning was that the odds are one in 600 billion.