SOLUTION: On a sales job employees are that approximately 39% of the people you give asales pitch to will buy something. The average purchase dollar amount is $40.00. An employee wants to ea

SOLUTION: On a sales job employees are that approximately 39% of the people you give asales pitch to will buy something. The average purchase dollar amount is $40.00. An employee wants to ea

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Question 42503: On a sales job employees are that approximately 39% of the people you give asales pitch to will buy something. The average purchase dollar amount is $40.00. An employee wants to earn $1,300 in sales. What's the least number of people they should give the sales pitch to, if the above statistics are correct?
Answer by Nate(3500) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
40(0.39x) = 1300
0.39x = 32.5
x = 83.3333 or 84 people
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