Question

a group of ticket takers at a box office for a new theater noticed that in the first year of the theaters operation, the genre breakdown of the movies was 10% horror, 39% comedy, 28% drama, and 23% action. if a movie from the theaters first year of operation was selected at random, which of the following identifies the probability distribution for the movies genre?

Explanation:

Step1: Match the given percentages with the table columns

The problem states that the genre breakdown is 10% horror, 39% comedy, 28% drama, and 23% action. We need to check each table row to see which one has the correct values in the correct columns.

• For the first table: Action = 0.10 (10%), Comedy = 0.39 (39%), Drama = 0.28 (28%), Horror = 0.23 (23%). This is incorrect as Action and Horror values are swapped.
• For the second table: Action = 0.23 (23%), Comedy = 0.39 (39%), Drama = 0.28 (28%), Horror = 0.10 (10%). This matches the given percentages.
• For the third table: Action = 0.39 (39%), Comedy = 0.23 (23%), Drama = 0.10 (10%), Horror = 0.28 (28%). This is incorrect as all values are wrongly placed.
• For the fourth table: Action = 0.39 (39%), Comedy = 0.10 (10%), Drama = 0.23 (23%), Horror = 0.28 (28%). This is incorrect as values are wrongly placed.

Answer:

The second table (Action: 0.23, Comedy: 0.39, Drama: 0.28, Horror: 0.10) is the correct probability distribution.