Question

In December 2014, 4% of the candidates who applied for a job as a Scale 1 officer were recruited in Bank A. If Bank A had 44 Scale I officers in 2014, what was the number of candidates who applied for the job?

Answer 1

To find the number of candidates who applied for the job, set up a proportion and solve for x. The number of candidates who applied for the job in Bank A was 1100.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the number of candidates who applied for the job, we can set up a proportion

Let x be the total number of candidates who applied for the job.

We can write the proportion as: 4/100 = 44/x

To solve for x, we can cross multiply and solve for x:

4x = 44 * 100

x = 44 * 100 / 4

x = 1100

Therefore, the number of candidates who applied for the job in Bank A was 1100.