If you need 73 people to process today's volume and you are rostered 82 with an attendance of 82%, how many associates do you need to accept VET?

To determine how many associates need to accept Voluntary Employment Termination (VET), you first need to calculate the number of associates that will actually attend based on the attendance rate.

With 82 associates rostered and an attendance rate of 82%, the number of associates expected to show up is calculated as follows:

82 (rostered associates) x 0.82 (attendance rate) = approximately 67.24. Since you can't have a fraction of a person, this means about 67 associates will attend.

Next, since you need 73 people to process today's volume, you can subtract the number of attendees from the requirement:

73 (needed) - 67 (expected to attend) = 6.

This indicates that you are short by 6 associates to meet the required volume for processing. Therefore, the correct conclusion is that you need 6 associates to accept VET for the operation to run smoothly.