SOLUTION: Need Help with this one I'm stuck here anybody know the solution. The last 50 violent crimes committed in Maryville werre 9 homocides, 24 robberies, and 17 assaults. What is the

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The last 50 violent crimes committed in Maryville werre 9 homocides, 24 robberies, and 17 assaults. What is the empirical probability that the next violent crime committed in Maryville will be an assault?
Found 2 solutions by Theo, Earlsdon:
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
based on past experience, approximately 17/50 * 100% of the violent crimes committed last year were assaults.
that would be 34%
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the empirical probability that the next violent crime committed in maryville will be an assault is .34
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Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Well, if you add up the number of crimes reported here:
9 Homicides.
24 Robberies.
17 Assaults.
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41 crimes. But the report says there were 50 violent crimes, so we take that as the total.
Of these 50 violent crimes, 17 were assaults, so the probability that the next violent crime will be an assault is:

or 34%
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