Question

Cause	Deaths
Passenger car occupant (driver or rider)	13,100
Motorcycle (driver or rider)	4,500
Tornado	553
Skydiving	56

Population of United States is 312 million people

a) What is the probability that an American chosen at random died as a passenger car occupant last year?

b) What is the probability that you died as a passenger car occupant last year? Make sure your answer is accurate to at least 2 significant figures (values after leading zeros)

c) Estimate the probability that you will die as a passenger car occupant next year?

d) What is the probability that an American chosen at random will die as the result of a tornado next year?

e) Estimate the probability that you will die as the result of a tornado next year?

f) Why is this answer different than the probability for an American chosen at random?

g) People sometimes claim skydiving is less dangerous than driving or riding in a car. Does the data support this claim? Explain.

h) People sometimes claim motorcycle riding is less dangerous than traveling by car. Does the data support this claim? What additional information and/or calculations would be useful to evaluate this claim?

Answer 1