Obinoscopy:
1. A recruiting firm advertised for a job and people from 36 States and a Territory applied. The recruiting firm was tasked to recruit at least 25% of people from at least two thirds of the States and the Territory. If there are 100 people in each of the States and 120 people from the Territory, what's the minimum number of people the firm should at least employ?

A. 600
B. 620
C. 625
D. 630
E. None of the Above

2. In addition to the requirements above, the recruiting firm was told the Territory is also to be considered as a State. Thus the requirement reads thus: recruit at least 25% of people from at least two thirds of the States and the Territory. And the Territory is to be considered a State. What's the minimum number of people the firm should at least employ?

A. 600
B. 620
C. 625
D. 630
E. None of the Above


Please show your workings. Anyone who shows very clear workings and gets the answer has solved the 25% electoral requirement quagmire that is confusing many people.

I used ChatGPT Ai to solve the problem.


Recruitment Firm Hiring Goal



A recruiting firm advertised for a job and people from 36 States and a Territory applied. The recruiting firm was tasked to recruit at least 25% of people from at least two thirds of the States and the Territory. If there are 100 people in each of the States and 120 people from the Territory, what's the minimum number of people the firm should at least employ?

To meet the recruitment target of at least 25% of people from at least two thirds of the States and the Territory, the recruiting firm needs to select candidates from at least 24 States and the Territory (since 24 is two-thirds of 36).

From each State, they can select a maximum of 25 people (25% of 100), and from the Territory, they can select a maximum of 30 people (25% of 120). Therefore, the maximum number of people they can select in total is:

24 States x 25 people per State + 30 people from the Territory = 630 people

To meet the requirement of "at least" selecting this number of people, the firm must select at least 630 people. Therefore, the minimum number of people the firm should at least employ is 630..

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Recruitment Firm Hiring Goal



A recruiting firm advertised for a job and people from 36 States and a Territory applied. The recruiting firm was tasked to recruit at least 25% of people from at least two thirds of the States and the Territory. If there are 100 people in each of the States and 120 people from the Territory, what's the minimum number of people the firm should at least employ?

To meet the recruitment target of at least 25% of people from at least two thirds of the States and the Territory, the recruiting firm needs to select candidates from at least 24 States and the Territory (since 24 is two-thirds of 36).

From each State, they can select a maximum of 25 people (25% of 100), and from the Territory, they can select a maximum of 30 people (25% of 120). Therefore, the maximum number of people they can select in total is:

24 States x 25 people per State + 30 people from the Territory = 630 people

To meet the requirement of "at least" selecting this number of people, the firm must select at least 630 people. Therefore, the minimum number of people the firm should at least employ is 630.






In addition to the requirements above, the recruiting firm was told the Territory is also to be considered as a State. Thus the requirement reads thus: recruit at least 25% of people from at least two thirds of the States and the Territory. And the Territory is to be considered a State. What's the minimum number of people the firm should at least employ?

If the Territory is to be considered as a State, then the total number of "States" is 37 (36 States + 1 Territory).

To meet the recruitment target of at least 25% of people from at least two thirds of the States and the Territory, the recruiting firm needs to select candidates from at least 25 States and the Territory (since 25 is two-thirds of 37).

From each State, they can select a maximum of 25 people (25% of 100), and from the Territory, they can select a maximum of 30 people (25% of 120). Therefore, the maximum number of people they can select in total is:

25 States x 25 people per State + 30 people from the Territory = 655 people

To meet the requirement of "at least" selecting this number of people, the firm must select at least 655 people. Therefore, the minimum number of people the firm should at least employ is 655.

Obinoscopy:
Can you solve the problem?

He can only solved the problem if the results was not gotten in a dubious way.

I taught in a school before
There was this intelligent young boy in the school. I think he was in primary 4
During their second term exams the intelligent boy wrote his exams very well with the hope of taken first position
The day to announce the result came this intelligent boy was given fourth position and somebody that they didn't expect took first.

Everybody was surprised, what really happened? why should a boy well known to be a bully took first? So many questions but no answers.

That intelligent boy started crying no body could console him. Even his parents couldn't console him.

Fortunately the proprietress was around a good woman with conscience called the two parents and all those in that boy class and fixed a date for another exams to be taken.

The D day came all the pupils were completed and they all entered the examination hall with strict monitoring and supervision by invigilators, all the parents were in another hall waiting for the outcome of the result.

Before 12 noon examination was over and the marking took 2hours. The result was compiled.. the head teacher rang the bell and the parents assembled with their wards by their side the result was called guess who was the first.
The intelligent boy took first and that guy that always bully people took fifth.

What happen to teacher he was sacked without any payment.

May our position never be taken away from us. Can u say Amen.

rtdCivilservant:

For anyone to be declared winner it is not mandatory that the candidate must score 25% of the votes cast in Abuja(FCT) provided the candidate is able to ganer 25% of the total of 37 entities.

and what is 25% of the 37entities?

emanobis:


If you say so, why would and why was FCT given a special mention with "AND"

If FCT is to be seen as a 37th state, why was it that the requirement didn't say 25% of the ⅔ of all the states, with [b]FCT INCLUSIVE.
[/b]
Better still, it can also be rephrased thus...with FCT CONSIDERED AS A STATE

The presence of AND indicates that FCT is completely considered an independent entity entirely

@ the bolded is another way of saying "AND" fct

SmartyPants:


Its amazing how simple this is yet even SANS amd the likes of Adichie like to make it seem complicated.

I believe most of them know this but are only trying to be mischievous.

The question is too simple to sound this confused.

To determine the minimum number of people the recruiting firm should employ, we need to first determine which States and the Territory constitute two-thirds of the total number of States and Territory that applied.

There are a total of 36 States and a Territory, so we need to find the number of States and the Territory that constitute at least two-thirds of this total:

36 x 2/3 = 24

This means that the recruiting firm needs to recruit people from at least 24 States and the Territory to meet the requirement.

Next, we need to determine the minimum number of people to recruit from each of these States and the Territory.

From each State, we need to recruit at least 25% of the total number of people who applied. Since there are 100 people in each State, this means we need to recruit at least 25 people from each State.

From the Territory, we need to recruit at least 25% of the total number of people who applied. Since there are 120 people from the Territory, this means we need to recruit at least 30 people from the Territory.

To determine the minimum number of people the recruiting firm should employ, we need to add up the minimum number of people to recruit from each State and the Territory:

(24 x 25) + 30 = 630

Therefore, the recruiting firm should employ at least 630 people to meet the requirement of recruiting at least 25% of people from at least two-thirds of the States and the Territory.

TinubuShet:


To recruit at least 25% of people from at least two thirds of the States and the Territory, we need to find out how many States and the Territory meet this requirement.
There are 36 States and 1 Territory, so we need to check if at least 2/3 of them (i.e., 24 States and the Territory) have at least 25% of their population applying for the job.

For the Territory, we have 120 applicants, which is more than 25% of its population (since there are 100 people in each State).

For the States, we have a total of 36 x 100 = 3600 people, and we need at least 24 States to have at least 25% of their population applying for the job.

25% of 100 people is 25 people, so each State needs at least 25 applicants.

If we assume that 24 States have 25 applicants each, that would give us a total of 24 x 25 = 600 applicants from the States.

Adding the 120 applicants from the Territory, we get a total of 720 applicants.

However, we need to make sure that at least 24 States meet the requirement. If we assume that the 24 States with the lowest number of applicants each have only 24 applicants, then the total number of applicants from the States would be 24 x 24 + 12 x 25 = 708.

Adding the 120 applicants from the Territory, we get a total of 828 applicants.

Since we want to minimize the number of people the firm should employ, we choose the lower number, which is 708.

Therefore, the answer is B. 620.

If we consider the Territory as a State, then we have a total of 37 States.
We still need to have at least 24 States meeting the requirement of at least 25% of their population applying for the job.

25% of 100 people is 25 people, so each State needs at least 25 applicants.

If we assume that 23 States have 25 applicants each, that would give us a total of 23 x 25 = 575 applicants from the States.

For the Territory, we have 120 applicants, which is more than 25% of its population.

Adding the 575 applicants from the States and the 120 applicants from the Territory, we get a total of 695 applicants.

However, we still need at least one more State to meet the requirement.

If we assume that the 24th State has only 24 applicants, then the total number of applicants from the States would be 24 x 24 + 22 x 25 = 648.

Adding the 120 applicants from the Territory, we get a total of 768 applicants.

Since we want to minimize the number of people the firm should employ, we choose the lower number, which is 695.

Therefore, the answer is still B. 620.

HIPROFILE:


Not true bro please what is the meaning of AND in a sentence.

Like we usually say, Nigeria is made up of '36 states AND the fct'. Let's use mathematics to try this.
Let x=36 states AND the fct.
Then I can say, for a candidate to be declared winner, that candidate must get two-third of the voted cast in x. Simple!

Iamzik:


Supreme court had delivered this judgement before. That 25% in FCT is required. Let's see if they will eat their own words

Not true, rather supreme court said the otherwise. Supreme court said that fct should be treated as a state.

tenpipsperday:




Unilag law admission requirements for law, at least five credits in o'level plus English language.


Then someone got credits in
1,
Literature in English
2
Economics
3
Geography
4,
Biology
5,
Agricultural science
6,
Government
7
Christian religous knowledge

Seven credits and scored P8 in English language, will unilag give him admission?

The comparisons are not the same. Let me help u rephrase it to make them same:
Unilag law admission requirements for law, at least five credits in any of 10 science subjects and art subject.

U can see they are same.
Note: we must have 2 different entities. What made urs wrong is this: English is a subject as well as the other 5 subjects. For u to balance it, the other entity must be seen not to be same as the others, like science subjects and art.
Let us go back to the argument. Ur interpretation would be right if the electoral law states:
For any candidate to be declared winner, the candidate must have two-third of the votes cast in the 36 states and OSUN state. Here it is obvious, Osun state was given a special status.

tonididdy:


You are a crook lol
Now it’s entities not states ?

Entity to accommodate Abuja, cos Abuja is not a state.

WesternPanzer:
No need of speaking long grammar. I have another formular albeit more straight forward.

(A) To gain admission to UNIZIK, a candidate must score at least C in 6 subjects including Mathematics and English. Even if you scored As in 9 subjects but had Fs in English and Maths, you have failed automatically.

The Admissions board by this demand confers special status on Mathematics and English even though they are still "subjects" like others.

By implication, same situation applies to the 25% requirement in my opinion.

The Constitution by that section granted Special Status to Abuja as the Federal Capital Territory even though it may still be interpreted as a State.

As long as Tinubu did not score 25% in Abuja, he is an illegal President Elect based on the constitution. Reason most world leaders are not congratulating him.

This is also why Datti Ahmed said that swearing in Tinubu will be an assault on Nigeria's Democracy because doing so would be unconstitutional.

But what do I know? Nigeria has always been a huge crime scene where the highest criminals gets their way. Know this and know peace.

N.B
One reminder to those quoting me. Lets not also Forget that The So called President elect forfeited 460,000 dollars in money related to drug crimes. Do you honestly believe that if he didnt know he will be convicted, he will forfeit thay money?

The Tinubu I know as a Sly Fox is well aware that the US authorities have damning evidence against him and pursuing "Not Guilty" will nail him to the Cross of Chicago. Reason he forfeited. Make no mistakes about this.

You are smart. This concisely answers the whole confusion.

You can not be admitted into any university without having C in both English Language and mathematics. That's true for all those that are still confused.

25% from the FCT is a mandatory requirement. FCT can be referred to the Maths and English required to be admitted into any university.

I have never seen where anyone got admitted into a federal university with F in English language and Maths. If anyone has seen any person like that speak up let's meet the person.

In essence, without the 25% from the FCT, the person can't be declared a president. It's illegal just like without maths and English, one can't be admitted into the university.

Toks2008:


and what is 25% of the 37entities?

Sorry, 25%, in two-third of the 37 entities.

seanwilliam:
Who’s going to be sworn in on 29th of may ?

Like for Peter obi share for tinubu

There will be no any swearing in till end of the year, between Nov-Dec, 2023.

Overthinking is not good for the body…brethren move on and face reality.

rtdCivilservant:
I believe u brought this cos of the confused interpretation by some on what the electoral law stipulates. From what u posted, it is obvious the territory is not a state, if it were a state u would have have correctly said 37 states... Why do we allow simple English to get us confused?
For example, let's use a class of 9 boys and 1 girl. I may say for u to emerge the class-rep, two-thirds of the 9 boys and the girl must be willing to give u half portions of their daily meal. Now this does not mean that for anyone to emerge, they must get two-third of half the daily meals of the 9 boys and half the daily meal of the only girl. A girl is not a boy, so u don't expect me to say 10 boys, that is where the AND comes in. The right interpretation be same as if I assume the only girl is a boy and say two-third of 10 boys or two-thirds of the 10 students. In the case of our country, "AND" there shouldn't confuse anyone, it is only so cos FCT is not a state and that is the only way of accommodating the entity (FCT) into the grammatical expression.

You really did justice to it. I honestly thought that you must win FCT, but like you said, that's the only way to accommodate it in that sentence. makes a lot of sense now. but PO already knows this so why is he wasting his time and that of Obidients?

WesternPanzer:
No need of speaking long grammar. I have another formular albeit more straight forward.

(A) To gain admission to UNIZIK, a candidate must score at least C in 6 subjects including Mathematics and English. Even if you scored As in 9 subjects but had Fs in English and Maths, you have failed automatically.

The Admissions board by this demand confers special status on Mathematics and English even though they are still "subjects" like others.

By implication, same situation applies to the 25% requirement in my opinion.

The Constitution by that section granted Special Status to Abuja as the Federal Capital Territory even though it may still be interpreted as a State.

As long as Tinubu did not score 25% in Abuja, he is an illegal President Elect based on the constitution. Reason most world leaders are not congratulating him.

This is also why Datti Ahmed said that swearing in Tinubu will be an assault on Nigeria's Democracy because doing so would be unconstitutional.

But what do I know? Nigeria has always been a huge crime scene where the highest criminals gets their way. Know this and know peace.

N.B
One reminder to those quoting me. Lets not also Forget that The So called President elect forfeited 460,000 dollars in money related to drug crimes. Do you honestly believe that if he didnt know he will be convicted, he will forfeit thay money?

The Tinubu I know as a Sly Fox is well aware that the US authorities have damning evidence against him and pursuing "Not Guilty" will nail him to the Cross of Chicago. Reason he forfeited. Make no mistakes about this.

Many of Una either no go school or just dey blinded by bias against the winner.

We have states and capital.

Constitution says 25% in states and capital (36 states plus 1 capital = 37)

That this is even a debate shows how dull the average Nigerian is . Lmaoooo

Mcslize:


You are smart. This concisely answers the whole confusion.

You can not be admitted into any university without having C in both English Language and mathematics. That's true for all those that are still confused.

25% from the FCT is a mandatory requirement. FCT can be referred to the Maths and English required to be admitted into any university.

I have never seen where anyone got admitted into a federal university with F in English language and Maths. If anyone has seen any person like that speak up let's meet the person.

In essence, without the 25% from the FCT, the person can't be declared a president. It's illegal just like without maths and English, one can't be admitted into the university.

No bro you are getting it wrong. OK since the FCT is not a state, how is the constitution supposed to coin the statement? 2/3rd of 37 or 2/3rd of 36 and FCT? its basically 2/3rd of 37. It's just grammar bro and PO knows.

Growing up...my secondary school make it important to have 6credits including English and maths for Ur promotion to the next class....if u have 7credits without the mathematics u going no wia..

25% of 2/3 ((36*100) + 120)) = 620

2/3 of 36 states = 2/3 * 36 = 24 states
24 * 100 = 2400 people
25% of 2400 people = 0.25 * 2400 = 600 people
1 territory, 2/3 of 120 people = 2/3 * 120 = 80 people
25% of 80 people = 0.25 * 80 = 20 people
Total = 600 + 20 = 620 people (option B)

I hope I gerrit.

To recruit at least 25% of people from at least two-thirds of the States and the Territory, we need to find out how many States and the Territory make up two-thirds of the total number of States and the Territory.
The total number of States and Territory is 36 + 1 = 37.

Two-thirds of 37 is 24.67. Since we cannot have a fractional number of States, we will round up to 25.

So we need to recruit at least 25% of people from 25 States and the Territory.

25 States and the Territory have a total of 25 x 100 + 120 = 2,620 people.

25% of 2,620 is 655.

Therefore, the minimum number of people the firm should at least employ is 655.

Option C - 625 is not correct.

Therefore, the answer is (D) 630.

Since the Territory is now to be considered as a State, we have a total of 37 States.
Two-thirds of 37 is 24.67. Since we cannot have a fractional number of States, we will round up to 25.

So we need to recruit at least 25% of people from 25 States.

25 States have a total of 25 x 100 + 120 = 2,620 people.

25% of 2,620 is 655.

Therefore, the minimum number of people the firm should at least employ is 655.

Option C - 625 is not correct.

Therefore, the answer is (D) 630.

samdemmis:
If 25% of vote in Abuja (FCT) is solely required to win presidential election in Nigeria, every candidate will just focus on winning more than 75% of FCT vote. Let’s look at it from this angle: if a candidate wins all the 36 states with majority votes but failed to secure 25% in Abuja, is the candidate a winner or not? During Obasanjo’s regime , it has been declared by the court and constitution that Abuja has the same status as other 36 states. The constitution is not ambiguous.

The same supreme court also stated that 25% in FCT is required to win the election. Are you now saying that supreme Court will contradict itself?

To determine the minimum number of people the recruiting firm should employ, we first need to identify which States and the Territory make up two-thirds of the total number of states and territory.

Two-thirds of the total number of states and territory is:

2/3 x 37 = 24.67

Since we cannot have a fraction of a state or territory, we round up to 25.

Therefore, the recruiting firm needs to recruit at least 25% of people from 25 States and the Territory.

25% of 100 people from each of the 25 States is:

25/100 x 100 x 25 = 625

25% of 120 people from the Territory is:25/100 x 120 = 30

The minimum number of people the firm should employ is the total number of people from the 25 States and the Territory that satisfy the recruitment criteria, which is:

625 x 25 + 30 = 15,655

Therefore, the minimum number of people the recruiting firm should at least employ is 15,655.

linearity:


One place the the Federal Territory 25 percenters are making huge mistake is their implicit assumption that the Constitution gave votes cast in the Federal Territory greater weight compare to votes cast anywhere else.

The simple maths is, since two-third of 25% is 16.67%, converting everything to a whole number, it simply means while any vote cast by citizens with equal rights anywhere other than the Federal Territory is worth 1 in weight, that same vote cast in the Federal Territory is worth 1.5 in weight.

The Constitution did not imply such an imbalance in the weight of any votes, all Nigerians votes irrespective of where it is cast is worth 1 in weight.

Oga you are the one giving that assumption, the electoral law included and FCT which makes 25% in FCT a must to win. Even the same supreme court had delivered a judgement that said 25% in FCT is a requirement to win.

Ans=
Note 2/3 of 36= 24
So
24 x 25[25% of 100] + 30 [ 25% of 120]
= 600 + 30
= 630,,
Ans is D

flokii:


The law is not the problem but people with sinister agenda trying to twist the sentences to suit their narrative.

Abuja is not even a state to start with.. just a city where Federal Capital is, so what is the fuss about FCT and declaration of winner?.

To me, Tinubu won the election clear and clean.. Obi is totally out of the picture cos he didn't get the required constitutional spread and he lost in 5 out of 6 geopolitical zones that we have.How can such a person be declared winner? For what na.

If there is anyone trying to twist the law it is you mu friend. The supreme had some years back stated clearly that 25% in FCT is mandatory to win the presidential election and you think supreme court can contradict itself? Bros go and sleep jare.

Feintline:
Constitutionally, we do not have a president elect.

Your English teacher scammed you.

1. The recruiting firm needs to recruit from at least 24 States and the Territory to satisfy the 2/3 requirement. To find the minimum number of people required, we can use the following formula:

Minimum number of people = (0.25) x 100 x 24 + (0.25) x 120 = 600

Therefore, the answer is A) 600.

2. With the Territory now considered as a State, the number of States increases to 37. To satisfy the 2/3 requirement, the recruiting firm needs to recruit from at least 25 States (rounding up from 24.67). We can use the same formula as before:

Minimum number of people = (0.25) x 100 x 25 + (0.25) x 120 = 625

Therefore, the answer is C) 625.

rtdCivilservant:
I believe u brought this cos of the confused interpretation by some on what the electoral law stipulates. From what u posted, it is obvious the territory is not a state, if it were a state u would have have correctly said 37 states... Why do we allow simple English to get us confused?
For example, let's use a class of 9 boys and 1 girl. I may say for u to emerge the class-rep, two-thirds of the 9 boys and the girl must be willing to give u half portions of their daily meal. Now this does not mean that for anyone to emerge, they must get two-third of half the daily meals of the 9 boys and half the daily meal of the only girl. A girl is not a boy, so u don't expect me to say 10 boys, that is where the AND comes in. The right interpretation be same as if I assume the only girl is a boy and say two-third of 10 boys or two-thirds of the 10 students. In the case of our country, "AND" there shouldn't confuse anyone, it is only so cos FCT is not a state and that is the only way of accommodating the entity (FCT) into the grammatical expression.

Your WAEC certificate need to be revoked,

Mathematical principles can not be changed to favour only APC,

In mathematics/Statistics,

25% of 2/3*36 and 25%*FCT must be calculated the same way irrespective whether FCT is classified a STATE or not,

As far as AND is there, the percentage calculation must be done separately before adding both figures to get the final answer,

Hence to ganer 25% in FCT/STATE is compulsory,

Or else better rephrase the statement to say 25% of 37states as FCT is a state thereby expunging the AND

stanleychybyke:
Growing up...my secondary school make it important to have 6credits including English and maths for Ur promotion to the next class....if u have 7credits without the mathematics u going no wia..

Interestingly, Nigeria is not your secondary school. Your school believes that you need to at least pass English language and Mathematics to do well in any course in higher institution. To them, those 2 subjects are more important than others. That's why you probably had them every day and in the mornings in your school time table.
The people that live in the FCT are not in a special class or more important than over 200 million Nigerians in the 36 states. Only people who Obi's ipob infested party have sucked their brains fail to understand this clear fact.
In about 40days, Bola Tinubu will be President of the Federal republic of Nigeria. Get used to it, pray and play your part in the peace and prosperity of the country instead of constituting nuisance or getting into trouble.

I'm still looking for where I can apply quadratic equation to make money ...this your questions is not the problem we have in the kwontry now

There are a total of 36 States and 1 Territory, so the recruiting firm needs to recruit from at least 24 States and the Territory (2/3 of 36 = 24).

25% of 100 people in each State is 25 people, so the firm needs to recruit at least 25 people from each of the 24 States and 120 people from the Territory.

The minimum number of people the firm should at least employ is:

24 x 25 + 120 = 720

Therefore, the correct answer is not listed, as none of the options match the minimum number of people the firm should employ.