THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION

question 100

Essay

THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
A personnel officer for a firm that employs many part time salespeople tries out a sales aptitude test on several hundred applicants.Because the test is unproven,results are not used in hiring.Forty percent of applicants show high aptitude on the test and 12% of those hired both show high and achieve good sales records.The firm's experience shows that 30% of all salespeople achieve good sales.Let A be the event "shows high aptitude" and let B be the event "achieves good sales".
-What is P(A)?

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Definitions:

Economic Opportunities

The availability of prospects that can lead to employment, entrepreneurship, or other means of earning income and improving financial status.

Scots-Irish

People of Scottish and Irish descent, particularly those who emigrated to the American colonies in the 18th century, often settling in the Appalachian region.

Immigrant Group

A collective of people who have moved from their country of origin to another country, often to seek better opportunities or escape adverse conditions.