On October 30, 2020 the Center for Disease Control (CDC) reported that

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2021-12-11

On October 30, 2020 the Center for Disease Control (CDC) reported that the daily COVID-19 data showed there were 1.2 new infections per second and that the daily death rate was one death every 107 seconds. Answer the following questions. Show all your calculations and write a sentence about your conclusion:
A.Use the CDC data to calculate the total number of daily infections on October 30th.
B. How many deaths were reported on October 30th?

Answer & Explanation

abonirali59

abonirali59

Beginner2021-12-12Added 35 answers

Step 1
There are 24 Hours in one day i.e on October 30, 2020
we know, 1 hour have 3600 seconds
24 hours will have, 243600=86400 seconds
A.Use the CDC data to calculate the total number of daily infections on October 30th.
Given that the daily COVID-19 data showed there were 1.2 new infections per second
Therefore the total number of daily infections on October 30th=864001.2=103680 infections
Step 2
B. How many deaths were reported on October 30th?
Given that the daily death rate was one death every 107 seconds
which means
In 107 seconds, there will be 1 death
in 1 second, there will be =1107 deaths
Therefore we have to calculate deaths in 86400 seconds
Deaths reported on October 30th =86400×1107=807.47807 deaths

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