Question

The Commerce Department reported receiving the following applications for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award: 23 from large manufacturing firms, 18 from large service firms, and 30 from small businesses. What percentage of the applications came from small businesses (to 1 decimal)?

Answer 1

Answer:

42.3%

Step-by-step explanation:

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 = $\frac{30}{71}$ × 100

                                                                                  =42.2535

                                                                                ≈42.3% to 1 decimal place

42.3% of the applications came from small businesses

Answer 2

Answer:

42.2% of the applications came from small businesses

Step-by-step explanation:

the percentage of applications that came from small businesses can be calculated through:

percentage from small businesses = applications from small businesses / total number of applications = 30 / (23+18+30) = 0.422 (42.2%)