Find the Indicated Probability

question 110

Multiple Choice

Find the indicated probability.
-In a poll, respondents were asked whether they had ever been in a car accident. 215 respondents indicated that they had been in a car accident and 449 respondents said that they had not been in a car accident. If one of these
Respondents is randomly selected, what is the probability of getting someone who has been in a car accident?
Round to the nearest thousandth, if necessary.

• A) 0.479
• B) 0.324
• C) 0.676
• D) 0.005

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Definitions:

Spontaneously Generated

The idea, now discredited, that living organisms can arise from non-living matter without the involvement of any preexisting life.

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

A French naturalist known for his theory that evolution occurs through the inheritance of acquired characteristics, a concept largely disproven by modern genetics.

Adaptation

A process by which organisms adjust to their environment to enhance survival and reproductive success.

Organisms Change

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