Question

In a recent year, 304 of the approximately 300,000,000 people in the United States were struck by lightning. Estimate the probability that a randomly selected person in the United States will be struck by lightning this year

Answer 1

Answer:

0.0001% probability that a randomly selected person in the United States will be struck by lightning this year

Step-by-step explanation:

A probability is the number of desired outcomes divided by the number of total outcomes.

Desired outcomes:

304 hit by lightning, so $D = 304$

Total outcomes:

300,000,000 total people, so $T = 300,000,000$

Probability:

$P = \frac{D}{T} = \frac{304}{300,000,000} = 0.000001$

0.0001% probability that a randomly selected person in the United States will be struck by lightning this year