Answer:
a) Probability the fatality resulted from a fall = 0.1422
b) Probability the fatality resulted from a transportation incident = 0.3958
c(i) The cause of fatality that is least likely to occur is fatality due to fires and explosions with the lowest number of fatalities, 113.
c(ii) Probability that the fatality resulted from fires and explosions = 0.0249
Explanation:
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
Contacts with objects and equipment | 741
Falls | 645
Exposure to harmful substances | 404
Fires and explosions | 113
Total number of fatalities = 1795+837+741+645+404+113 = 4,535
Assume that a fatality will be randomly chosen from this population.
a. What is the probability the fatality resulted from a fall?
The probabilty of an event is given mathematically as the number of elements in that event divided by the Total number of elements in the sample space.
P(E) = n(E) ÷ n(S)
Probability the fatality resulted from a fall = (645/4535) = 0.14223 = 0.1422
b. What is the probability the fatality resulted from a transportation incident?
Probability the fatality resulted from a transportation incident = (1795/4535) = 0.39581 = 0.3958
c(i) What cause of fatality is least likely to occur?
The cause of fatality that is least likely to occur is the cause of fatality with the lowest frequency or number of fatalities. And this is fatality due to fires and explosions with the lowest fatalities of 113
c(ii). What is the probability the fatality resulted from this cause?
This is the probability that the fatality resulted from fires and explosions.
Probability that the fatality resulted from fires and explosions = (113/4535) = 0.02492 = 0.0249
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