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

According to the given probability distribution, the probability of an employee being absent two days per month is 0.12, which is the highest probability among all other probabilities. Therefore, the correct prediction is that there is a 0.12 probability that an employee will be absent two days per month.

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