Question

Data on U.S. work-related fatalities by cause follow (The World Almanac, 2012). Cause of Fatality Number of Fatalities Transportation incidents 1795 Assaults and violent acts 837 Contact with objects and equipment 741 Falls 645 Exposure to harmful substances or environments 404 Fires and explosions 113 Assume that a fatality will be randomly chosen from this population. Round your answers to four decimal places. a. What is the probability the fatality resulted from a fall

Answer 1

0.1634 = 16.34% probability the fatality resulted from a fall

Explanation:

A probability is the number of desired outcomes divided by the number of total outcomes.

In this question, we have that:

1795 + 837 + 741 + 645 + 404 + 113 = 4535 total fatalities.

Of those, 741 from falls.

741/4535 = 0.1634

0.1634 = 16.34% probability the fatality resulted from a fall