190k views
1 vote
It is estimated that 28.5% of automobile crashes are caused by driver distraction, such as texting. If there are 16,370 automobile crashes in a study, what number would be caused by driver distractions?

User Ifixthat
by
4.2k points

1 Answer

3 votes

Answer:

4665 approx

Explanation:

Given data

Total number of crashes= 16,370 automobile crashes

Percentage caused by distraction =28.5%

Let us find the number of crashes caused by distraction

=28.5/100* 16,370

=0.285* 16,370

=4665.45

Hence the number of crashes caused by distraction is 4665 approx

User Tobi Oetiker
by
4.0k points