A Worker Earns $15 Per Hour at a Plant in China

question 132

True/False

A worker earns $15 per hour at a plant in China and is told that only 2.5% of all workers make a higher wage. If the wage is assumed to be normally distributed and the standard deviation of wage rates is $5 per hour, the average wage for the plant is $7.50 per hour.

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Definitions:

Owner's Capital Account

An account on a company's balance sheet that represents the owner's investment and retained earnings in the business.

Credit Balance

This represents the amount that a company or individual owes to creditors; in accounting, it indicates a balance on the right side of a ledger.

Owner's Drawings Account

A specific account used to track the withdrawals made by the owner from the business for personal use, rephrased from

Owner's Equity

The remaining value of an entity's assets after all debts have been subtracted, indicating the stake of shareholders or owners in the company.