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Estimate the probability of being killed by lightning in North Carolina

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Nuber of days 256-Just take the population of N Carolina and divide by the number of deaths per year.Therefore, one has approximately a 1 in 1 749 851 chance of getting killed by lightning in North Carolina every year. As a percent, thats 0.For the second bit,......
Average deaths per year 4.6
Average injurgies per year 12.9
Population 8,049,313

Estimate the probability of sunshine in Miami, FL.
Nuber of days 256

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Just take the population of N Carolina and divide by the number of deaths per year.

Therefore, one has approximately a 1 in 1 749 851 chance of getting killed by lightning in North Carolina every year. As a percent, that's 0.00005715% chance (1 / 1 749 851 * 100)


For the second bit, just take the number of days of sunshine and divide by the number of days per year.
Therefore, you get:
256 / 365 = 0.7013, or a 70.13% chance that any given day in Miami will be sunny.
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