Chapter 10.2, Problem 47E

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Car Accidents The tables in the next columns give the death rates, per million person trips, for male and female drivers for various ages and number of passengers.

Male Drivers	Number of Passengers
Age	$0$	$1$	$2$	$\ge 3$
16	$2.61$	$4.39$	$6.29$	$9.08$
17	$1.63$	$2.77$	$4.61$	$6.92$
30-59	$0.92$	$0.75$	$0.62$	$0.54$

Female Drivers	Number of Passengers
Age	$0$	$1$	$2$	$\ge 3$
16	$1.38$	$1.72$	$1.94$	$3.31$
17	$1.26$	$1.48$	$2.82$	$2.28$
30-59	$0.41$	$0.33$	$0.27$	$0.40$

a. Write a matrix for death rate of male drivers.

b. Write a matrix for death rate of female drivers.

c. Use the matrices from parts a and b to write a matrix showing the difference between the death rates of males and females.

d. Analyze the results of part c and make some suggestions on how to reduce the rates.