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Activity 6
Calculation of measures: mean, variance and standard deviation of a probability distribution
1. A company is studying the number of monthly absences among its 125 employees. The following
probability distribution shows the probability that people have been absent 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 days in
the past month

Number of days of Probability

absence
0 0.60
1 0.20
2 0.12
3 0.04
4 0.04
5 0.00

What is the average number of days of absence?

a. 1.00
b. 0.40

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c. 0.72
d. 2.5

2. A company is studying the number of monthly absences among its 125 employees. The following
probability distribution shows the probability that people were absent 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 days last month.

Number of days of Probability

absence
0 0.60
1 0.20
2 0.12
3 0.04
4 0.04
5 0.00

What is the variance of the number of days of absence?

a. 1.1616
b. 1.41
c. 5.00
d. 55.52

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3. A company is studying the number of monthly absences among its 125 employees. The following
probability distribution shows the probability that people were absent 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 days last month.

Number of days of absence Probability

0 0.60
1 0.20
2 0.12
3 0.04
4 0.04
5 0.00

Given the probability distribution, which of the following predictions is correct?

a. 60% of employees will have more than one day of absence per month.
b. There is a 0.04 probability that an employee is absent one day per month.
c. There is a 0.12 probability that an employee is absent two days per month.
d. There is a 0.50 probability that an employee will be absent 0.72 days per month.

4. A company is studying the number of monthly absences among its 125 employees. The following
probability distribution shows the probability that people were absent 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 days last month.

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Number of days of Probability

absence
0 0.60

1 0.20

2 0.12

3 0.04

4 0.04

5 0.00

What is the standard deviation of the number of days of absence?

a. 1.1616
b. 0
c. 1.6595
d. 1.0778

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5.The probability distribution of the number of cars lined up for service at opening time (7:30 a.m.) at a
Lakeside Olds dealership is:

Number Probability
1 0.05
2 0.30
3 0.40
4 0.25

On a typical day, how many cars in line can Lakeside Olds expect at opening time?
a. 10.00
b. 1.00
c. 2.85
d. 1.96

6.For the following distribution:

x P(x)
0 0.130
1 0.346
2 0.346
3 0.154

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4 0.026

What is the mean of the distribution?

a. 1
b. 2.5
c. 1.604
d. 3

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