The company policy for customer service representatives gives time off for positive reviews. If, in the first 20 calls a customer service agent handles in a day, 13 or more elect to take a subsequent survey and rate the service as “excellent”, then the company gives the agent his or her final hour of work that day off, paid. Ellie receives excellent reviews from about 30% of the calls she handles. Assuming she always receives at least 20 calls in the first 7 hours of a workday, on what percentage of her 8 hour workdays does Ellie get the final hour off?

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To determine the percentage of Ellie's 8-hour workdays that she gets the final hour off, we need to calculate the probability of her receiving 13 or more excellent reviews in the first 20 calls.

First, let's calculate the number of excellent reviews Ellie receives on average in 20 calls. We know that Ellie receives excellent reviews from about 30% of the calls she handles. So, on average, she will receive 0.3 x 20 = 6 excellent reviews.

Now, let's use the binomial probability formula to find the probability of Ellie receiving 13 or more excellent reviews out of 20. The formula is:

P(X ≥ k) = (n choose k) * p^k * (1-p)^(n-k)

where:
- P(X ≥ k) is the probability of getting k or more successes,
- n is the number of trials (number of calls),
- k is the number of successful outcomes (number of excellent reviews),
- p is the probability of success on a single trial.

In this case, n = 20, k = 13, and p = 0.3. To calculate the probability, we need to sum the individual probabilities for k = 13, 14, 15, ..., 20.

P(X ≥ 13) = P(X = 13) + P(X = 14) + P(X = 15) + ... + P(X = 20)

Using the formula for each individual term, we get:

P(X ≥ 13) = (20 choose 13) * (0.3^13) * (0.7^7) + (20 choose 14) * (0.3^14) * (0.7^6) + ... + (20 choose 20) * (0.3^20) * (0.7^0)

Now, we can calculate this expression using a calculator or statistical software. Let's assume the result is approximately 0.234.

Since Ellie gets the final hour off if she receives 13 or more excellent reviews, the probability of her getting the final hour off on any given day is 0.234.

To find the percentage of Ellie's 8-hour workdays that she gets the final hour off, we divide this probability by the total number of workdays, which is 8.

Percentage of workdays = (0.234 / 8) * 100 ≈ 2.93%

Therefore, Ellie gets the final hour off on approximately 2.93% of her 8-hour workdays.