The table below shows the number of deaths in the U.S. in a year due to a variety of causes. For these questions, assume these values are not changing from year to year, and that the population of the United States is 312 million people.

Cause Deaths
Passenger car occupant 13,100
Motorcycle driver 4,500
Tornado 553
Skydiving 56


b) What is the probability that you died as a passenger car occupant last year?
Answer: 1/13100 ?

Trick question, it would be: 0/312,000,000

13,100/312,000,000 = ?

Sorry not 0/312,000,000 it is 0/13,100

1/13100

To find the probability of dying as a passenger car occupant last year, you need to divide the number of deaths as a passenger car occupant by the total population of the United States.

1. Find the probability formula: Probability = Number of desired outcomes / Total number of possible outcomes.

2. Identify the number of desired outcomes: Since the question asks for the probability of dying as a passenger car occupant, the number of desired outcomes is the number of deaths as a passenger car occupant, which is 13,100.

3. Identify the total number of possible outcomes: The total number of possible outcomes is the total population of the United States, which is stated to be 312 million people.

4. Plug in the values into the probability formula: Probability = 13,100 / 312,000,000.

5. Calculate the probability: Divide 13,100 by 312,000,000.
Probability = 0.00004199.

The probability that you died as a passenger car occupant last year is approximately 0.00004199, or 1 out of 13,100.