At a University with 1,000 Business Majors, There Are 200

question 15

Multiple Choice

At a university with 1,000 business majors, there are 200 business students enrolled in an introductory statistics course. Of these 200, 50 are also enrolled in an introductory accounting course. There are an additional 250 business students enrolled in accounting but not enrolled in statistics. If a business student is selected at random, what is the probability that the student is enrolled in neither accounting nor statistics?

• A) 0.45
• B) 0.50
• C) 0.55
• D) 0.05
• E) None of the above

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Definitions:

Fixed Costs

Expenses that do not change with the level of production or sales.

Contribution Margin

The amount by which sales revenue exceeds variable costs, indicating how much revenue contributes to fixed costs and profit.

Variable Costs

Variable costs that change in direct correlation with production output or sales figures, like labor costs and materials expenses.

Fixed Costs

Expenses that do not change in total despite fluctuations in the volume of goods or services produced or sold.