A Manufacturer of Flash Drives for Data Storage Operates a Production

question 38

Multiple Choice

A manufacturer of flash drives for data storage operates a production facility that runs on three 8-hour shifts per day. The following contingency table shows the number of flash drives that were defective and not defective from each shift. The expected number of not defective flash drives manufactured between 3 p.m. and 11 p.m. is ________.

• A) 98.0
• B) 93.0
• C) 89.0
• D) 74.4

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Definitions:

Market Economy

A market mechanism where investment, production, and distribution decisions are informed by supply and demand forces, with the prices of goods and services set within an open pricing system.

Without Government

A scenario that describes a situation or theoretical condition where governmental institutions and interventions do not exist or are absent.

Pollution

The contamination of air, water, or soil by substances that are harmful to living organisms.

Pigouvian Tax

A tax imposed on any market activity that generates negative externalities, intended to correct the market outcome by internalizing the costs of the externality.