ABC Company Has Received 150 Job Applicants for a Job

question 71

Multiple Choice

ABC Company has received 150 job applicants for a job opening: 100 white applicants, 25 Mexican Americans, and 25 African Americans. They hired 60 of the white applicants. How many of the other two groups do they have to hire in order to abide by the four-fifths rule?

• A)12 from each group
• B)a total of 24 in any combination
• C)15 from each group
• D)a total of 30 in any combination

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