document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=112291>Question 112291</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A company specializing in magazine sales over the telephone found that in 2500 phone calls, 360 resulted in sales and were made by male callers, and 480 resulted in sales and were made by female callers. If the company gets twice as many sales per call with a woman's voice than with a man's voice, then how many of the 2500 calls were made by females?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I got stuck with this one too. I started an equation but I don't think it's right. I have 2500/360 = 6.95 and 2500/480 = 5.21. I'm not sure that this is right and I don't know where to go from here? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #81920 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=81920\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let x=\"female calls\", so 2500-x=\"male calls\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "480/x=2(360/(2500-x)) ___ 480(2500-x)=720x ___ 2(2500-x)=3x </SPAN>\n" );
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