A recent article in the paper claims that business ethics are at an all-time low. Reporting on a recent sample, the paper claims that 44% of all employees believe their company president possesses low ethical standards. Assume that responses were randomly and independently collected. A president of a local company that employs 1,000 people does not believe the paper's claim applies to her company. If the claim is true, how many of her company's employees believe that she possesses low ethical standards?
A) 560
B) 956
C) 44
D) 440

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If 44% of the company's 1,000 employees believe the president possesses low ethical standards, then 0.44 * 1000 = 440 employees would hold that belief.

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