In 2013, 57.4 % of the car accidents
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05 Dec 2024, 03:18
This problem asks you to convert a percentage to a number. Given that $57.4 \%$ of accidents were non-related to weather, this tells you that $42.6 \%$ of accidents were weather related. First calculate the total number of accidents from the data on the chart:
\(.426⋅total=175 accidents total=175accidents.426=410.8accidents\)
The closest answer shown is 410, so the correct answer choice is D. You can double-check your answer: $410⋅.426=174.66$ which rounds to 175 .