Question

3. The following frequency table contains the total number of deaths worldwide as a result of earthquakes from 2000 to 2012.YearDeaths2000231200121,357200211,685200333,8192004228,802200588,00320066,6052007712200888,01120091,7902010320,120201121,8532012768Total823,346What percentage of deaths occurred after 2009 (from 2010 onwards)? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent. %

Answer 1

Percentage of deaths ocurred from 2010 onwards:

(Deaths from 2010 onwards/ Total number of deaths) x 100

(342721 / 823346)x100 = 41.627% ( Replacing the values, multiplying and dividing)

The answer is 41.6% rounding to the nearest tenth of a percent.