Working Mothers in Canada

question 90

Essay

Working mothers in Canada
Statistics Canada wanted to find the distribution of ages of working women living in Canada who were single mothers. The researcher drew a random sample of some 300 families from the government tax records and found the following distribution:
Age Group One family was selected at random from tax base records of families with working mothers.
-Refer to Working mothers in Canada. What is the probability that the randomly selected working mother is under 25 years of age?

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Definitions:

Dividends In Arrears

Outstanding dividends on cumulative preference shares that have not been paid by the company in the time stipulated.

Common Stock

A type of security that represents ownership in a corporation, giving holders voting rights and entitlement to dividends.

Earnings Per Share

A company's net profit divided by the number of its outstanding shares, indicating the profitability on a per-share basis.

Par

This refers to the face value of a bond or stock as stated by the issuing company.