Question

The probability distribution shows the probability of the number of prior car accidents for 100 individuals that have put in a claim with an insurance company following an accident.

What is the probability that an individual among these 100 represented had less than 3 prior car accidents?

Enter your answer, as a decimal

Answer 1

Answer: 60% of the people in the survey have had less than 3 accidents.

If we are looking for the amount that is less than 3 accidents, we have to add up the percent for the people that had 1 or 2 accidents.

0.35 for 2 accidents plus 0.25 for 1 accident equal 0.6 for both (or 60%).

Answer 2

The required probability is 0.6.

Explanation:

Given : The probability distribution shows the probability of the number of prior car accidents for 100 individuals that have put in a claim with an insurance company following an accident.

To find : What is the probability that an individual among these 100 represented had less than 3 prior car accidents?

Solution :

According to the given pictorial graph of prior car accidents,

The probability represented had less than 3 prior car accidents is 1 and 2.

The probability represented had less than 3 prior car accidents 1 is 0.25.

The probability represented had less than 3 prior car accidents 2 is 0.35.

Total probability represented had less than 3 prior car accidents is 0.25+0.35=0.6.

Therefore, The required probability is 0.6.