SOLUTION: Motor Vehicle Accidents During a recent year, there were 13.5 million automobile accidents, 5.2 million truck accidents, and 178,000 motorcycle accidents. If one accident is sel

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Question 1201943: Motor Vehicle Accidents During a recent year, there
were 13.5 million automobile accidents, 5.2 million
truck accidents, and 178,000 motorcycle accidents. If
one accident is selected at random, find the probability
that it is either a truck or motorcycle accident. What is
the probability that it is not a truck accident?
Answer by ikleyn(52778) About Me  (Show Source):
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To answer first question, add trucks and motorcycles accidents and then divide the sum by the total vehicle accidents.


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