A Government Agency Has 6,000 Employees

question 142

Short Answer

A government agency has 6,000 employees. The employees were asked whether they preferred a four-day work week (10 hours per day), a five-day work week (8 hours per day), or flexible hours. You are given information on the employees' responses broken down by sex.
a. What is the probability that a randomly selected employee is a man and is in favor of a four-day work week?
b. What is the probability that a randomly selected employee is female?
c. A randomly selected employee turns out to be female. Compute the probability that she is in favor of flexible hours.
d. What percentage of employees is in favor of a five-day work week?
e. Given that a person is in favor of flexible time, what is the probability that the person is female?
f. What percentage of employees is male and in favor of a five-day work week?

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