In one town in British Columbia,only 24% of days are sunny.A company's records indicate that on sunny days 1.8% of employees will call in sick.When it is not sunny,0.9% of employees will call in sick.What percent of employees call in sick on a randomly selected day?
A)1.8%
B)0.684%
C)0.432%
D)1.116%
E)1.35%

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To find the overall percentage of employees calling in sick on a randomly selected day, we calculate the weighted average of sick calls based on whether it's sunny or not. For sunny days (24% of the time), the sick call rate is 1.8%. For not sunny days (76% of the time), the sick call rate is 0.9%. The calculation is: (0.24 * 1.8) + (0.76 * 0.9) = 0.432 + 0.684 = 1.116%.

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