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Calculate the fatality rates in deaths per 1,000 departures for the three years.
Identify the safest year, based on the rates and explain.
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The following table gives the experience (in years) and the number of stocks sold during the previous three months by seven brokers in the Egyptian stock market.
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4
12
9
6
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16
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The accompanying data below shows the South African population versus expenditure on new construction works by the public sector. Data was obtained from Statistics South Africa for the period between 2014 to 2017. What is the predicted expenditure on new construction if the population is 45 million?
Year
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(x)
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(y)
2014
44.25
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2015
44.75
21.23
2016
45.50
24.62
2017
45.58
20.15
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Year and quarter
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2017.1
22434
2019.1
22776
2017.2
23766
2019.2
24491
2017.3
23860
2019.3
24751
2017.4
23391
2019.4
24170
2018.1
22662
2020.1
23302
2018.2
24032
2020.2
24045
2018.3
24171
2020.3
25437
2018.4
23803
2020.4
25272
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