A County Welfare Agency Employs 31 Welfare Workers Who Interview

question 125

Multiple Choice

A county welfare agency employs 31 welfare workers who interview prospective food stamp recipients.Periodically, the supervisor selects, at random, the forms completed by two workers to audit for illegaldeductions. Unknown to the supervisor, nine of the workers have regularly been giving illegal deductions toapplicants. What is the probability both workers chosen have been giving illegal deductions? Round to thenearest thousandth.

• A) 0.077
• B) 0.084
• C) 0.087
• D) 0.075

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