Economists Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan found that even when resumes are otherwise identical, those with White-sounding names got callbacks one in ______ times, while the Black-sounding "applicants" got only one in ______.
A. 5; 6
B. 5; 10
C. 10; 15
D. 10; 30
Answer: C
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