Oil Spills. The U. S. Coast Guard maintains a database of the number, source, and location of oil spills in U. S. navigable and territorial waters. The following is a probability distribution for location of oil spill events. [SOURCE: Statistical Abstract of the United States] Location Probability Atlantic Ocean 0. 008 Pacific Ocean 0. 037 Gulf of Mexico 0. 233 Great Lakes 0. 020 Other lakes 0. 002 Rivers and canals 0. 366 Bays and sounds 0. 146 Harbors 0. 161 Other   0. 027   Apply the special addition rule to find the percentage of oil spills in U.S. navigable and territorial waters that a. occur in an ocean. b. occur in a lake or harbor. c. do not occur in a lake, ocean, river, or canal.

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Oil Spills. The U. S. Coast Guard maintains a database of the number, source, and location of oil spills in U. S. navigable and territorial waters. The following is a probability distribution for location of oil spill events. [SOURCE: Statistical Abstract of the United States]

Location

Probability

Atlantic Ocean

0. 008

Pacific Ocean

0. 037

Gulf of Mexico

0. 233

Great Lakes

0. 020

Other lakes

0. 002

Rivers and canals

0. 366

Bays and sounds

0. 146

Harbors

0. 161

Other

 

0. 027

 

Apply the special addition rule to find the percentage of oil spills in U.S. navigable and territorial waters that

a. occur in an ocean.

b. occur in a lake or harbor.

c. do not occur in a lake, ocean, river, or canal.

 

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