A group of ticket takers at a box office for a new theater noticed that in the first year of the theater’s operation, the genre breakdown of the movies was 10 percent horror, 39 percent comedy, 28 percent drama, and 23 percent action. If a movie from the theater’s first year of operation was selected at random, which of the following identifies the probability distribution for the movie’s genre?
Answer
A
Table with 4 columns and 2 rows.Row 1: Column 1, 'Action'; Column 2, 'Comedy'; Column 3, 'Drama'; Column 4, 'Horror' Row 2: Column 1, '0 point 3 9'; Column 2, '0 point 2 3'; Column 3, '0 point 1 0'; Column 4, '0 point 2 8'
B
Table with 4 columns and 2 rows.Row 1: Column 1, 'Action'; Column 2, 'Comedy'; Column 3, 'Drama'; Column 4, 'Horror' Row 2: Column 1, '0 point 2 3'; Column 2, '0 point 3 9'; Column 3, '0 point 2 8'; Column 4, '0 point 1 0'
C
Table with 4 columns and 2 rows.Row 1: Column 1, 'Action'; Column 2, 'Comedy'; Column 3, 'Drama'; Column 4, 'Horror' Row 2: Column 1, '0 point 3 9'; Column 2, '0 point 1 0'; Column 3, '0 point 2 3'; Column 4, '0 point 2 8'
D
Table with 4 columns and 2 rows.Row 1: Column 1, 'Action'; Column 2, 'Comedy'; Column 3, 'Drama'; Column 4, 'Horror' Row 2: Column 1, '0 point 1 0'; Column 2, '0 point 3 9'; Column 3, '0 point 2 8'; Column 4, '0 point 2 3'
Explanation
Convert each percentage to a decimal probability and match it to its genre: action is 23% = 0.23, comedy is 39% = 0.39, drama is 28% = 0.28, and horror is 10% = 0.10. Choice B lists those probabilities in that order.
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