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Roll a dice if the dice shows 6 tick the box marked yes.

If the dice shows a different number, answer the question.
When 360 people are surveyed,
119 tick the yes box.
Estimate the proportion of people who have lied to their boss about being sick round your answer to 1 d.p

User Paltoquet
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That is a strangely worded question... but I think you're asking how many people said they got a 6 but did not.

So, a dice that has 6 sides has a 1/6 chance of Landing on a 6. so 1/6 of 360 should be that 60 people got a 6. Therefore 119-60 = 59.

The proportion is 59/360 that lied
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