Question: Data in Perspective. Use these data to help answer the following questions: 9. About how often (once every x minutes or x seconds) on average

Data in Perspective. Use these data to help answer the following questions:

9. About how often (once every x minutes or x seconds) on average is a person killed in a car crash in the United States? How often is a person injured in a car crash.

The answer to this question is about once every 13 minutes; about once every 7 seconds.

11. use the given data on the societal cost of crashes and the approximate U.S. population of 325 million to calculate the average social cost per person.

The answer to this is about $1,320 per person.

This is from Math 140 Statistics and Probability. Using and Understanding Mathematics. A Quantitative Reasoning and Approach. 7th Edition by Author Bennett Briggs.

U.S. Data (2016 estimates): Car Crash fatalities = 40,200; Car Crash injuries = 4.6 million; cost to society = $430 billion. (source: National Safety Council.) Global Data (estimated); car crash fatalities = 50 million; car crash fatalities with victim's underage 45 400,000. (Source: Association Safe International Road Travel.)

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