The data below shows the number of worker?

employed in the various sections of a construction

company in Lagos.

Carpenters 24 Labourers 27

Plumbers 12 Plasterers 15

Painters 9 Messengers 3

Bricklayers 18

If a worker is retrenched, what is the probability that he is a plumber or plasterer.

  • A 1/27
  • B 1/9
  • C 5/36
  • D 1/4
  • E 3/4

The correct answer is D. 1/4

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