Use the data in the following table, which summarizes results from 179 pedestrian deaths that were caused by accidents. If two d

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Use the data in the following table, which summarizes results from 179 pedestrian deaths that were caused by accidents. If two d

ifferent deaths are randomly selected without replacement, find the probability that they both involved intoxicated driver.
Pedestrian Intoxicated
Yes No
Driver Yes 96 40
Intoxicated No 31 12

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sergey [27] · Answer 1 · 2021-11-18T03:17:59+03:00

Total pedestrian deaths = 179

Total number of deaths that involved intoxicated driver = 96 + 40 = 136

Two accidents are randomly selected without replacement, thus;

Probability = desired outcome / total number of outcome

<span>Probability = (136/179) x (135/178) = 0.7597x0.7584 = 0.5761</span>