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Gotten two different answers…is it 18 or 55

Gotten two different answers…is it 18 or 55-example-1
User Timberman
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Answer:

18.2%

Explanation:

For this, you want to take the amount of 70 year old men that will die in the next 10 years and divide it by the total amount of men.

The table states "number out of 1,000 men" so this means there are 1000 total men in this study.

So:

182/1000 = 0.182 = 18.2%

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