Employees at a large computer company earn sick leave in one-minute increments depending on how many hours per month they work. They can then use the sick leave time any time throughout the year. Any unused time goes into a sick bank account that they or other employees can use in the case of emergencies. The human resources department has determined that the amount of unused sick time for individual employees is uniformly distributed between 0 and 480 minutes. The company has decided to give a cash payment to any employee that returns over 400 minutes of sick leave at the end of the year. What percentage of employees could expect a cash payment?
A) 16.67 percent
B) 0.1667 percent
C) Just over 43 percent
D) 80 percent

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The range of unused sick time is from 0 to 480 minutes. The portion of this range that qualifies for a cash payment is from 400 to 480 minutes, which is 80 minutes. To find the percentage of employees who could expect a cash payment, divide the qualifying range (80 minutes) by the total range (480 minutes) and multiply by 100: (80/480) * 100 = 16.67 percent.

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