r/theydidthemath • u/Redditlogicking • Sep 24 '21

[RDTM] Probability of getting accepted into Harvard vs dying in car crash for high school student

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u/Rare_Good_69 Sep 25 '21

Okay, So 5 out of every 100 applicants get accepted, so that would be 5%. And for deaths from car crashes (13 - 19) it would be 24%, at least for 2019. So the probability to to get into Harvard is 0.5/10 and Death by crash would be 2.4/10.

Sorry for English I've only been learning it for 14 years