Question

A company employs six women and eight men. The company randomly selects one employee to receive additional vacation time. Using the classical approach, what is the probability that Nat vet the selected employee will be a woman?

a. 6
b. 75
c. 43
d. 42

Answer 1

Answer: c. .43

Explanation:

Given : The number of women employees= 6 (Favorable outcomes)

The number of men employees= 8

Total number of employees= 6+8=14 (Total outcomes)

If the company randomly selects one employee to receive additional vacation time.

Then, probability that the selected employee will be a woman will be :

`\frac{\text{Number of women employees}}{\text{Total employees}}`

`=(6)/(14)=(3)/(7)\approx0.43`

Hence, the probability that the selected employee will be a woman = 0.43

Hence, the correct answer is c. .43