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Use the table to answer the following questions.

Year U.S. Population (millions) Traffic Fatalities Licensed Drivers (millions) VehicleMiles (trillions)
19951995 263263 41,81741,817 177177 2.42.4
20002000 282282 41,94541,945 190190 2.72.7
20052005 296296 43,51043,510 201201 3.03.0
20102010 309309 32,88532,885 210210 3.03.0

Express the 20102010 fatality rate in deaths per 100,000100,000 population.

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In order to solve it, we need to remember that fatality rate is computed using this formula:

fatality rate=total fatalitiestotal population\begin{aligned} \text{fatality rate}&=\dfrac{\text{total fatalities}}{\text{total population}} \end{aligned}

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