The table summarizes results from 985 pedestrian deaths that were caused by automobile accidents. Pedestrian Intoxicated? Driver Intoxicated? Yes No Yes 57 72 No 242 614 If one of the pedestrian deaths is randomly selected, find the probability that neither the pedestrian nor the driver was intoxicated. Please enter a decimal to 2 places.

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The table summarizes results from 985 pedestrian deaths that were caused by automobile accidents.
Driver
Pedestrian Intoxicated?
Intoxicated?
Yes
No
Yes
57
72
No
242
614
If one of the pedestrian deaths is randomly selected, find the probability that neither the pedestrian nor
the driver was intoxicated. Please enter a decimal to 2 places.
Probability =
Transcribed Image Text:The table summarizes results from 985 pedestrian deaths that were caused by automobile accidents. Driver Pedestrian Intoxicated? Intoxicated? Yes No Yes 57 72 No 242 614 If one of the pedestrian deaths is randomly selected, find the probability that neither the pedestrian nor the driver was intoxicated. Please enter a decimal to 2 places. Probability =
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From the given table or information, We can obtain

Total no. of pedestrian deaths = 985 out of which

No. of non-intoxicated drivers death = 242 + 614 =  856 and

No. of non-intoxicated pedestrian death = 72+614 = 686

No. of both non-intoxicated drivers and non-intoxicated pedestrian death= 614

 

 

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