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 v
alues are not changing from year to year, and that the population of the United States is 312 million people. Passenger car occupant: 13,100
Motorcycle driver: 4,500
Tornado: 553
Skydiving: 56
c) What is the probability that you will die as a passenger car occupant next year? Make sure your answer is accurate to at least 2 significant figures (values after leading zeros)
d) What is the probability that an American chosen at random will die as the result of a tornado next year? Make sure your answer is accurate to at least 2 significant figures (values after leading zeros)
e) What is the probability that you will die as the result of a tornado next year? Make sure your answer is accurate to at least 2 significant figures (values after leading zeros)
f) Why is this answer different than your answer to the previous question?
g) People sometimes claim skydiving is less dangerous than driving. Does the data support this claim?
h) People sometimes claim motorcycle riding is less dangerous than driving. Does the data support this claim? What additional information and/or calculations would be useful to evaluate this claim?
