The Commerce Department reported receiving the following applications for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award: 23 from l
arge manufacturing firms, 18 from large service firms, and 30 from small businesses. What percentage of the applications came from small businesses (to 1 decimal)?
to calculate the percentage of the applications from small businesses, the first step is to find the total number of applications received from all the firms
total number of awards = 23 + 18 + 30
=71 awards
percentage of applications from small businesses = × 100
=42.2535
≈42.3% to 1 decimal place
42.3% of the applications came from small businesses
it would be 2/6 bc, one die, rolled twice, and landing on a 2 the first time and 6 the second time, is actually a 2/6 chance, you have 6 numbers, one die, two chances.
