Question

use the table given. the data represents 900 police officers broken down by gender and by the number of officers promoted. what percent of the officers were promoted? round to the nearest tenth of a percent.

	promoted	not promoted	total
male	100	630	730
female	40	130	170
total	140	760	900

% of the officers were promoted.

Explanation:

Step1: Get total promoted officers

From "Total" row, promoted = 140

Step2: Get total officers

Total officers = 900

Step3: Calculate percentage

$\frac{140}{900} \times 100 \approx 15.6\%$

Answer:

15.6%