Company B needs to hire 30 new employees. Ten percent (10%) of applicants do not meet the basic business requirements for the jo

To find the answer, sum up all the percentages sequentially. Starting at 100%, subtract 10% to get 90%, then subtract 12% leaving 79.2%, then subtract 23% reaching 56.2%, and finally subtract 5% ending with 51.2%.

Assuming 100 initial applicants, 10% or 10 applicants fail to meet business requirements, leaving 90. Next, 12% of 90 (around 11) do not pass pre-screening, dropping to 79. Of those, 23% (about 18) miss the interview, resulting in 61. Then, 5% (approximately 4) fail the background check, leaving 57 applicants. Since only 30 hires are needed, 100 applicants is too many. Use this logic and provided percentages to calculate the exact number of applicants required.

Answer: About 17 applicants must apply to fulfill the hiring goal.

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that:

Total employees to be hired = 30

10% of applicants fail to meet the minimum job criteria.

Therefore, the qualified applicants represent 90% of 30, which is:

Next, 12% of those remaining don't pass the pre-screening test, leaving 88% of 27:

Then, 23% of these candidates do not attend the interview, so 77% of 23.76 remain:

Finally, 5% fail the background check, so 95% of 18.29 applicants remain:

Hence, the final number of applicants needed to apply is roughly 17 to achieve the hiring target.