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It is estimated that 28.5% of automobile crashes are caused by driver distractions, such as textina. If there are 16,520 automobile crashes in a study, what number would be caused by dnver distractions?

Answer :

Given:

It is estimated that 28.5% of automobile crashes are caused by driver distractions, such as texting.

Required:

To find the number of crashes caused by driver distractions.

Explanation:

The number of crashes caused by driver distractions is,

[tex]\begin{gathered} =\frac{28.5}{100}\times16.520 \\ \\ =0.285\times16,520 \\ \\ =4708.2 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Final Answer:

[tex]4708.2[/tex]