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BTGmoderatorLU wrote:Source: Veritas Prep

At a certain company, 60% of the employees are female, and 8% of the employees are female engineers. Which of the following is closest to the percent of females at the company who are engineers?

A. 8%
B. 12.5%
C. 13.33%
D. 16.67%
E. 18.83%

The OA is C.

The percent of females at the company who are engineers = (8/60)*100% = 16.67%

Note that there are 8% females who are engineers and there are 60% females.

The correct answer: C

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BTGmoderatorLU wrote:Source: Veritas Prep

At a certain company, 60% of the employees are female, and 8% of the employees are female engineers. Which of the following is closest to the percent of females at the company who are engineers?

A. 8%
B. 12.5%
C. 13.33%
D. 16.67%
E. 18.83%

We can let the number of employees in the company be 100. Thus, 60 employees are female, and 8 employees are female engineers. Thus, the percent of females who are engineers is:

8/60 = 2/15 ≈ 0.1333 = 13.33%

Answer: C