SOLUTION: In one country, employees are absent from work an average of 2.6 weeks of the 52-week work-year. Assuming this average holds for a small factory that employs 12 workers, what is th

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Question 849534: In one country, employees are absent from work an average of 2.6 weeks of the 52-week work-year. Assuming this average holds for a small factory that employs 12 workers, what is the probability that during any given week two or more workers will be absent?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi,

absent 2.6 weeks (18.2 days) of the 52-week work-year 0r .35 days per week

p(x≥2)=  1 – poissoncdf(mean, largest x-value)= 1 – poissoncdf(.35, 1)