SOLUTION: The National Health Center of health Statistics reported that for every 800 deaths in recent years, 30 resulted from car accident, 180 from cancer, and 300 from heart disease.
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Question 634598: The National Health Center of health Statistics reported that for every 800 deaths in recent years, 30 resulted from car accident, 180 from cancer, and 300 from heart disease.
a. Find the probability that a particular death is due to car accident.
b. Find the probability that a particular death is either due to cancer or from heart disease. Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source):
Hi,
reported that for every 800 deaths in recent years, 30 resulted from car accident, 180 from cancer, and 300 from heart disease.
a. P( a particular death is due to car accidnt) = 30/800 = 3/80
b. P(death from cancer OR heart disease) =
