The Information Below Is the Number of Daily Emergency Assists

question 96

Multiple Choice

The information below is the number of daily emergency assists made to skiers by the volunteer ski
Team at Alpine Ski Lodge for the last 50 days.
To explain, there were 22 days on which there were 2 emergency assists, and 9 days on which
There were 3 emergency assists.
Convert this information to a probability distribution, and determine the mean number of assists per
day.

• A) 1.56
• B) 1.7
• C) 1.66
• D) 1.76
• E) 1.77

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