Question

when a man observed a sobriety checkpoint - conducted by a police department, he saw 699 drivers were screened and 3 were arrested for driving while intoxicated. based on those results, we can estimate that p(w)=0.00429, where w denotes the event of screening a driver and getting someone who is intoxicated. what does p(w) denote, and what is its value? what does p(w) represent? a. p(w) denotes the probability of screening a driver and finding that he or she is not intoxicated b. p(w) denotes the probability of driver being intoxicated c. p(w) denotes the probability of a driver passing through the sobriety checkpoint. d. p(w) denotes the probability of screening a driver and finding that he or she is intoxicated

Explanation:

The problem states that W denotes the event of screening a driver and getting someone who is intoxicated. By the definition of probability notation P(W), it represents the probability of the event W occurring. So P(W) is the probability of screening a driver and finding that he or she is intoxicated.

Answer:

D. P(W) denotes the probability of screening a driver and finding that he or she is intoxicated