In a Certain Town, 30% of Adults Have a College

question 125

Multiple Choice

In a certain town, 30% of adults have a college degree. The accompanying table describes the probability distribution for the number of adults (among 4 randomly selected adults) who have a college degree. $\begin{array}{|c|r|}\hline \mathrm{x} & \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}) \\\hline 0 & 0.2401 \\1 & 0.4116 \\2 & 0.2646 \\3 & 0.0756 \\4 & 0.0081 \\\hline\end{array}$

• A) \(\mu = 2.00\)
• B) \(\mu = 1.44\)
• C) \(\mu = 1.10\)
• D) \(\mu = 1.20\)

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Definitions:

Production Budget

An estimation of the total cost and resources needed for a company to produce a set amount of goods in a given period.

Variable Overhead Rate

Variable overhead rate is the cost of variable overhead (expenses that change with the level of production) allocated per unit of production activity, such as labor-hours or machine-hours.

Direct Labor-Hours

The total hours worked by employees who are directly involved in the manufacturing process or production of goods.

Fixed Manufacturing Overhead

Indirect manufacturing costs that remain constant regardless of the level of production, such as factory rent and salaries of production supervisors.