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 all male applicants hired is:
A)0.091.
B)0.476.
C)0.523.
D)0.909.

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 all male applicants hired is:
A)0.091. 
B)0.476. 
C)0.523. 
D)0.909.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

To find the proportion of all male applicants hired, we need to add up the number of male applicants hired for both server and kitchen worker positions, and divide it by the total number of male applicants. From the table, we see that there were 63 male applicants in total, and 30 were hired (16 as servers and 14 as kitchen workers). Therefore, the proportion of male applicants hired is:

(30/63) ≈ 0.476

So, the best choice is B.

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