Applicants looking for a job at a restaurant chain may apply to be a server or a kitchen worker. The table below summarizes the number of male and female applicants hired for the jobs for which they applied. The proportion of female hires who are servers is:
A)0.2.
B)0.333.
C)0.667.
D)0.8.

Question

Applicants looking for a job at a restaurant chain may apply to be a server or a kitchen worker. The table below summarizes the number of male and female applicants hired for the jobs for which they applied.  The proportion of female hires who are servers is:
A)0.2. 
B)0.333. 
C)0.667. 
D)0.8.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Looking at the table, we see that there are a total of 24 female hires, with 16 of them being servers and 8 of them being kitchen workers. Therefore, the proportion of female hires who are servers is 16/24 = 2/3 = 0.667. The answer is (C).

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