Question

A telemarketer calls people and tries to sell them a subscription to a daily newspaper. On 20% of her calls, there is no answer or the line is busy. She sells subscriptions to 5% of the remaining calls. For what proportion of calls does she make a sale?

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Answer:

telemarketer calls people and tries to sell them a subscription to a daily newspaper. On 16% of her calls, there is no answer or the line is busy. She sells subscriptions to 9% of the remaining calls. For what proportion of calls does she make a sale?

Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

+1+-+.16+=+.84+

+.09%2A.84+=+.0756+

7.56%

They want the proportion, so

+756%2F10000+=+189%2F2500+

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