Question

A company employs 400 salespeople. Of these, 83 received a bonus last year, 100 attended a special sales training program at the beginning of last year, and 42 both attended the special sales training program and received a bonus. (Note: the bonus was based totally on sales performance.)

a)  What proportion of the 400 salespeople received a bonus last year?

Answer 1

Answer:

Given Data,

A company employs 400 salespeople. There were 83 people received a bonus last year,

100 attended a special sales training program at the beginning of last year, and 42 both attended the special sales training program and received a bonus.

(a). To find the proportion of the 400 salespeople received a bonus last year:

The proportion of the 400 salespeople who received bonus is   

Thus, the required proportion is 0.2075.

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