SOLUTION: If 45,000 people apply for a job with 200 openings. What Are the odds of getting the job?

SOLUTION: If 45,000 people apply for a job with 200 openings. What Are the odds of getting the job?

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Question 752420: If 45,000 people apply for a job with 200 openings. What Are the odds of getting the job?
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
not very good.

the probability of getting the job is 200 / 45,000 = .00444444.....

that's less than 1%.

this assumes a random selection process where everybody has an equal probability of getting the job.

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