During a 52-week period, a company paid overtime wages of r16 week and hired tem

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During a 52-week period, a company paid overtime wages of r16 week and hired temporary help for 8 weeks. During 4 weeks, the company paid overtime and hired help. Complete parts (a) and (b) below. a) Are the events "selecting a week that contained overtime wages" and "selecting a week that contained temporary help wages" mutually exclusive? No Yes (b) If an auditor randomly examined the payroll records for only one week, what is the probability that the payroll for that week contained overtime wages temporary help wages? P(overtime wages or temporary help wages) = (Round to the nearest thousandth as needed.)

Explanation / Answer

a) No

b) P(Overtime wage or temporary help wages)

= 16/52 + 8/52 - 4/52

= 20/52

= 5/13

= 0.385

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