At a certain company, 60% of the employees are female, and 8% of the

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At a certain company, 60% of the employees are female, and 8% of the employees are female engineers. Which of the following is closest to the percent of females at the company who are engineers?

A. 8%
B. 12.5%
C. 13.33%
D. 16.67%
E. 18.83%

DhruvPatelD10 · Answer

Let us assume there are 100 employees in total
 Given  : - >60 are Female
 - > 8 are female engineers

To Find  : - > Percentage of females who are engineers =  \frac{8}{60}*100 = 13.33%

Option C

Hero8888 · Answer

Percent  of females  at the company who are  engineers  = 8/60*100 = 13.33% (C)

FillFM · Answer

Option (C).

(8/60)*100 = 13.33%

Anki2609 · Answer

Let there be 100 Employees in firm
60% of 100 are female = 60 female
8% of 100 are female Engineer = 8 female enginer

Ques asks for percentage of female who are Engineer = 8*100/60=13.33%  (Option C)

ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

We can let the number of employees in the company be 100. Thus, 60 employees are female, and 8 employees are female engineers. Thus, the percent of females who are engineers is:

8/60 = 2/15 ≈ 0.1333 = 13.33%

Answer: C

Aks111 · Answer

Phrasing of the question seems weird.
'the percent of females at the company who are engineers' -> seems to be same as 'what is the percent of female engineers at the company' -> which is given as 8%

Nevertheless, assuming the question as 'what percent of females at the company are engineers' -> answer is 8 out of 60 i.e. C. 13.33%

Paras96 · Answer

At a certain company, 60% of the employees are female, and 8% of the employees are female engineers. Which of the following is closest to the percent of females at the company who are engineer

Consider the total no. of employees = 100
Given that 60% of the employees are female and 8% of the employees are female enginneers so the no. of female employees will be 60 and the no. of female engineers will be 8.
%of female engineers at the company will be (8/60)*100=13.33%

Hence C

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