SOLUTION: A marketing company expects 6% of people to return surveys sent to them in the mail. Of the surveys they actually get back, 1/3 are unreadable. If the company wants to receive 200

Question 78067: A marketing company expects 6% of people to return surveys sent to them in the mail. Of the surveys they actually get back, 1/3 are unreadable. If the company wants to receive 200 readable surveys, how many must they mail out?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A marketing company expects 6% of people to return surveys sent to them in the mail. Of the surveys they actually get back, 1/3 are unreadable. If the company wants to receive 200 readable surveys, how many must they mail out?
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Let x be the number they need to send out.
EQUATIOH:
(2/3)0.06x=200
0.04x=200
x=200/0.04=5000
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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