A Company Is Studying the Number of Monthly Absences Among

question 37

Multiple Choice

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. What is the variance of the number of days absent?

• A) 1.62
• B) 1.41
• C) 5.00
• D) 55.52

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