Question 135424: A sample of 2,000 licensed drivers revealed the following number of speeding violations.
Number of Violations/ Number of Drivers
0/ 1,910
1/ 46
2/ 18
3/ 12
4/ 9
5 or more/ 5
Total 2,000
What is the experiment?
List one possible event.
What is the probability that a particular driver had exactly two speeding violations?
What concept of probability does this illustrate?
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A sample of 2,000 licensed drivers revealed the following number of speeding violations.
Number of Violations/ Number of Drivers
0/ 1,910
1/ 46
2/ 18
3/ 12
4/ 9
5 or more/ 5
Total 2,000
What is the experiment?
Each of the 2000 drivers were asked their accident record for some period.
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List one possible event.
One of the 2000 selected drivers was asked his/her accident record for some period.
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What is the probability that a particular driver had exactly two speeding violations?
Ans: 18/2000
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What concept of probability does this illustrate?
Probability of an event = (# of times event occurs)/(# of possible occurrences)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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