Transportation Statistics and Microsimulation

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b. A city planning commission is considering recommending that

bicycle paths be constructed. ey want citizen input. What

would the sample space be for the survey?

2. Suppose that the odds of a person dying in a plane crash are

1/9,000,000 and the odds of surviving a plane crash are 50%. Explain

how both probabilities can be simultaneously accurate.

3. Suppose that the probability that a sports car driver gets a speeding

ticket during a year is 5%. Suppose that 8% of male sports car driv-

ers get tickets during a year. Suppose that 55% of drivers are female.

What is the ...