The table below shows the number of deaths in the U.S. in a year due to a variet

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The table below shows the number of deaths in the U.S. in a year due to a variety of causes. For these questions, assume these values are not changing from year to year, and that the population of the United States is 312 million people. Cause Deaths Passenger car occupant 13,100 Motorcycle driver 4,500 Tornado 553 Skydiving 56 h) People sometimes claim motorcycle riding is less dangerous than driving. Does the data support this claim? What additional information and/or calculations would be useful to evaluate this claim?

Explanation / Answer

Considering four factors of death given total deaths=13100+4500+553+56=18209.

The data given doesnt support the claim we are not given the data in which people who drive motor cycle in US

people who drive car in US.

with the both information given we can calculate the fraction of people died in both cases and by comparing we can evaluate the claim.

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