Question

In a recent year, 304 of the approximately 300,000,000 people in the United States were struck by lightning. Estimate the probability that a randomly selected person in the United States will be struck by lightning this year

Answer 1

0.0001% probability that a randomly selected person in the United States will be struck by lightning this year

Explanation:

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

Desired outcomes:

304 hit by lightning, so
`D = 304`

Total outcomes:

300,000,000 total people, so
`T = 300,000,000`

Probability:

`P = (D)/(T) = (304)/(300,000,000) = 0.000001`

0.0001% probability that a randomly selected person in the United States will be struck by lightning this year