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In​ 2015, there were approximately 33,100 firearm fatalities​ (homicides and​ suicides). Express this quantity in deaths per hour

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The data given is for the whole year of 2015, so time duration is 1 year.Convert 1 year into units of hours:
1 year = 365 days
time = 365 days * (24 hours / day) = 8760 hours

Therefore the deaths per hour is:
fatality = 33,100 / 8760 hours
fatality = 3.78 per hour
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