Question

A country has a population of 11.3 million. There were 4,172 new construction accidents (deaths) in 2015.

Express the deaths per capita as a decimal. Round to 6 decimal places.
Express the deaths per capita in Scientific Notation.
Express the deaths per capita as a per 100,000 value and use this value in a sentence.

Answer 1

To express the deaths per capita as a decimal, we can divide the number of new construction accidents (deaths) by the population:

4172/11300000 = 0.00037

Rounded to 6 decimal places, the deaths per capita as a decimal is 0.00037

To express the deaths per capita in scientific notation, we can use the decimal value found above and convert it to scientific notation:

3.7 x 10^-4

To express the deaths per capita as a per 100,000 value, we can multiply the decimal value by 100,000:

0.00037 * 100,000 = 37

So the deaths per capita are 37 deaths per 100,000 people.

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