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. 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.
D) There is a 0.50 probability that an employee will be absent 0.72 days per month.

Question

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.  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. 
D) There is a 0.50 probability that an employee will be absent 0.72 days per month.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The probability of an employee being absent two days per month is given by the probability value for x=2, which is 0.12. None of the other predictions can be directly inferred from the given probability distribution.

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