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You are evaluating two contractors for cleaning up Superfund
sites. You oversee the cleanup of mining...
- You are evaluating two contractors for cleaning up Superfund
sites. You oversee the cleanup of mining Superfund sites and
factory-based Superfund sites. You are interested in selecting the
contractor that has most often done the cleanup within the allotted
time frame.
Contractor A did 48 mining Superfund
sites, finishing 12 of them on time. They also did 572
factory-based sites, finishing 183 on time.
Contractor B has done 412 mining
Superfund sites, finishing 105 on time. They also did 140
factory-based sites with 45 of them being finished on time.
- What is the overall ratio of completing the projects on time
for each contractor? Based on this alone, which contractor would
you choose?
- If you had to choose one for a mining site, which one would you
choose? Justify.
- If you had to choose one for a factory site, which one would
you choose? Justify.
- If you had to choose one to handle both sites, which one would
you choose? If this contradicts any of your other choices, be sure
to comment on resolving the contradiction.