In: Statistics and Probability
Find the indicated probability.
In a poll, respondents were asked whether they had ever been in a car accident. 473 respondents indicated that they had been in a car accident and 243 respondents said that they had not been in a car accident. If one of these respondents is randomly selected, what is the probability of getting someone who has been in a car accident?
In a poll, respondents were asked whether they had ever been in a car accident. 473 respondents indicated that they had been in a car accident and 273 respondents said that they had not been in a car accident. Now one of these respondents randomly selected.
We want to find the probability that, getting someone who has been in a car accident.
Here, total number of respondents = 473 + 243 = 716
A: Event denoting that getting someone who has been in a car accident.
Now, Probability of event A is given by classical definition of probability,
P(A) = ( Number of outcomes favorable to the event A ÷ Number of total outcomes in sample space )
[ Now form the given Information we see that,
Number of outcomes favorable to the event A = Number of respondents indicated that they had been in a car accident = 473
And
Number of total outcomes in sample space = Total number of respondents = 716 ]
So,
=> P( Getting someone who has been in a car accident )
[ Up to 4 decimal places ]
Answer:- Probability of getting someone who has been in a car accident is 0.6606 [ Up to 4 decimal places ]