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 one of the workers is absent on a certain day,

what is the probability that he is a bricklayer?

• A 1/12
• B 1/9
• C 2/9
• D 1/6
• E 1/4