Employees of a Local Company Are Classified According to Gender

question 24

Multiple Choice

Employees of a local company are classified according to gender and job type. The following table summarizes the number of people in each job category.
$\begin{array}{lcc}&\underline{\text { Male (M) }}&\underline{\text {Female (F) }}\\\underline{\text { Job }}\\\text { Administrative (AD) } & 110 & 10 \\\text { Salaried staff (SS) } & 30 & 50 \\\text { Hourly staff (HS) } & 60 & 40\end{array}$ If an employee is selected at random, what is the probability that the employee is female given that the employee is a salaried staff member?

• A).50
• B) .60
• C) .625
• D) .70

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