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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A corporate software development firm has a staff of online support technicians available 24 hours a day.  They advertise that one of the advantages of using their company is that the ratio of accounts-to-support technicians is 5:1.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This year they have eight technicians on staff and each technician is fully saturated with accounts.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a.	How many accounts does the company support at this time?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b.	The company is projecting a 20% growth each year for the next four years.  How many technicians should the company’s Human Resource Manager plan to hire in each of the next four years?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This year they have eight technicians on staff and each technician is fully saturated with accounts. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "a. How many accounts does the company support at this time?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x/8 = 5/1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 40 accounts<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. The company is projecting a 20% growth each year for the next four years. How many technicians should the company’s Human Resource Manager plan to hire in each of the next four years?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now: 40 accounts<BR>\n" );
document.write( "After 1 year: 1.2*40 = 48 accounts<BR>\n" );
document.write( "# of technicians needed: 48/5 is approximately 10<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After 2 year: 1.2*48 = 57.6 accounts<BR>\n" );
document.write( "# of technicians needed: 57.6/5 is approximately 12<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.\r<BR>\n" );
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