Here are counts from a study of firearm violence reported by a public health jou

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Here are counts from a study of firearm violence reported by a public health journal in a certain year. In particular, we will examine homicides and suicides and whether a firearm was involved Firearm No FirearmTotal 3,539 10,157 Homicides 8,084 11,623 Suicides 10,512 20,669 (a) Make a bar graph to compare whether a firearm was used in homicides and suicides. 70 60 u 50 40 E 30 20 70 60 o 50 70 60 a 50 E 40 30 20 E 30 20 Homicide Suicide Homicide Suicide Homicide Suicide Homicide Suicide Homicide Suicide Homicide Suicide Fircarm No Fircarm Fircarm No Fircarm Firearm No Firearm 70 60 50 40 30 Homicide Suicide Homicide Suicide Firearm No Firearm (b) Calculate the percentage of homicides and suicides in which firearms were used. (Round your answers to one decimal place.) homicides suicides

Explanation / Answer

Total of homicides=11623, thus %from firearms=8084/11623=69.55%

Total of suicides=20669, thus % from firearms=10512/20669=50.85%

a) graph C represents this correctly

b) % homicides is 69.55%

% suicides=50.85%

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