The Pines Golf Course is offering free Ice cream cones to golfers who hit their tee shot on the green at hole 7! The following bar graph summarizes the tee shots from this morning. Based on the data, what is a reasonable estimate of the probability that the next tee shot ends up on the green?
A: 14%
B: 17%
C: 18%
D: 21%

Explanation:

There are 4 shots that land on the green in this sample size. The height of the  bar tells us this directly.

Add up the heights of each bar to get 4+5+7+3+5 = 24 which is the total number of shots. The probability of landing on the green is 4/24 = 1/6 = 0.1667 = 16.67% approximately. This rounds to 17%

step-by-step explanation:

i found the life tables for the year 2012. 

life table of males at age 30. probability of dying between ages x and x+1

total population:  

29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001030

30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001061

males:  

29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001420

30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001448

white population

29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001005

30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001037

white males

29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001372

30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001399

non hispanic white population

29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001083

30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001116

non hispanic white males

29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001477

30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001503

jacob, non hispanic white male. 30 years old.

probability that jacob lives to be 30 years old. 

since the given probabilities are probabilities of dying, i think we simply subtract it from 1 to get the probability of living. we will use the probability of non hispanic white male.

                                          probability of living to be 30 y.o.

29 - 30 : 1 - 0.001477 = 0.998523

30 - 31 : 1 - 0.001503 = 0.998497