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

42.3%

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 =
`(30)/(71)` × 100

=42.2535

≈42.3% to 1 decimal place

42.3% of the applications came from small businesses

Answer 2

42.2% of the applications came from small businesses

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%)