Homework Help: Math

Posted by Cherie on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 11:45am.

70 out of 35,000,000 are struck by lightening each year.what is probability of being struck by lightening each year? Express this probability as a fraction reduced to its simplest terms,as a ratio,and as a percent

Math - Ms. Sue, Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 11:57am
70/35,000,000 = 1/500,000 = 1:500,000 = 0.000002 = 0.0002%

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