Question

The following data summarizes results from 945 pedestrian deaths that were caused by accidents. If one of the pedestrian deaths is randomly​ selected, find the probability that the pedestrian was intoxicated or the driver was intoxicated.
Pedestrian
intoxicated not intoxicated
Driver intoxicated 64 68
not intoxicated 292 521

Answer 1

Answer:

37.67% probability that the pedestrian was intoxicated or the driver was intoxicated.

Step-by-step explanation:

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

In this question:

945 accidents.

In 64 of them, the pedestian was intoxicated.

In 292 of them, the driver was intoxicated.

Probability that the pedestrian was intoxicated or the driver was intoxicated.

(64+292)/945 = 0.3767

37.67% probability that the pedestrian was intoxicated or the driver was intoxicated.