Question

The Chinese Institute of Health Statistics reported that of every 7,883 deaths in recent years, 624 resulted from a traffic accident, 1,820 from cancer and 3,332 from heart disease. Using the relative frequency approach, what is the probability that a particular death is due to a traffic accident

Answer 1

Answer:

7.92% probability that a particular death is due to a traffic accident

Step-by-step explanation:

The relative frequency approach to find the probability that a particular death is due to a traffic accident is the number of deaths due to traffic accidents divided by the total number of deaths.

We have that:

624 deaths from traffic accidents

7883 total deaths.

So

$p = \frac{624}{7883} = 0.0792$

7.92% probability that a particular death is due to a traffic accident