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Problem 6: A company is studying the number of monthly absences among its 125 em

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Question

Problem 6: A company is studying the number of monthly absences among its 125 employees. The following probability distribution shows the likelihood that people were absent 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 days last month. 6. Given the probability distribution, which of the following predictions is correct? A. 60% of the employees will have more than one day absent per month. B. There is a 0.04 probability that an employee will be absent one day per month. C. There is a 0.12 probability that an employee will be absent two days per month. p. There is a 0.50 probability that an employee will be absent 0.72 days per month.

Explanation / Answer

Answer: C

(A) False, 60% of the employees will have 0 day absent per month.

(B)False, there is a 0.2 probability that an employee will be absent one day per month.

(C) Correct.

(D)False.