Among 350 randomly selected drivers in the 16-18 age bracket, 303 were in a car

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Among 350 randomly selected drivers in the 16-18 age bracket, 303 were in a car crash in the last year. If a driver in that age bracket is randomly selected, what is the approximate probability that he or she will be in a car crash during the next year? Is it unlikely for a driver in that age bracket to be involved in a car crash during a year? Is the resulting value high enough to be of concern to those in the 16 age bracket? Consider an event to be "unlikely" if its probability is less than or equal to 0.05. The probability that a randomly selected person in the 16 18 age bracket will be in a car crash this year is approximately (Type an integer or decimal rounded to the nearest thousandth as needed.)

Explanation / Answer

Probability that a driver in the age bracket 16-18( randomly selected) will be in car crash is =303/350

=0.87

This probability of 0.87 of being in car crash is too high. The probability that the driver will not be involved in car crash is 1-0.87 = 0.13 which is very low.

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