According to statistics gathered as part of a research project by a group of statistics students on the college campus, 376 out of the 439 deaths attributed to lightning strikes were male. If all of the names of the deceased were placed into a drum and one (1) name was selected at random:

a)What is the probability that the gender of the person whose name was selected was male?

To find the probability that the gender of the person selected at random is male, you need to divide the number of males by the total number of individuals in the sample.

Given that there are 376 male deaths attributed to lightning strikes out of a total of 439 deaths, you can calculate the probability as follows:

Probability (male) = Number of male deaths / Total number of deaths

Probability (male) = 376 / 439

To simplify the fraction, you can find the greatest common divisor (GCD) of the numerator and the denominator, which is 1 in this case. Therefore, the simplified probability of selecting a male is:

Probability (male) = 376 / 439 ≈ 0.857

So, the probability that the gender of the person whose name was selected at random is male is approximately 0.857, or 85.7%.