It is estimated that 28.5% of automobile crashes are caused by driver distraction, such as texting. If there are 16,370 automobile crashes in a study, what number would be caused by driver distractions?

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Answer:

4665 approx

Step-by-step explanation:

Given data

Total number of crashes=  16,370 automobile crashes

Percentage caused by distraction =28.5%

Let us find the number of crashes caused by distraction

=28.5/100* 16,370

=0.285* 16,370

=4665.45

Hence the number of crashes caused by distraction is 4665 approx