poisonroxs
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Is this correct?
1 in 4,000,000 trips results in a fatality
if you take 50,000 trips what is the probability of having a fatal accident?
1-4,000,000
3,999,999/4,000,000 ^ 50,000 is 0.98758
1-.98758 is .012 or 1.2%
Additionally, the problem asked us to assume independent events. Why might the assumption of independance be violated? Is this because you can not possibly have more than 1 fatal car accident in a single lifetime?
Thanks in advance for any help with this problem )
1 in 4,000,000 trips results in a fatality
if you take 50,000 trips what is the probability of having a fatal accident?
1-4,000,000
3,999,999/4,000,000 ^ 50,000 is 0.98758
1-.98758 is .012 or 1.2%
Additionally, the problem asked us to assume independent events. Why might the assumption of independance be violated? Is this because you can not possibly have more than 1 fatal car accident in a single lifetime?
Thanks in advance for any help with this problem )