SOLUTION: I have a pie chart that has Second day air freight 40%, next day air freight 15% and truck 45%. The question is if the company shipped a total of 550 items last month, how many wer

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Question 53396: I have a pie chart that has Second day air freight 40%, next day air freight 15% and truck 45%. The question is if the company shipped a total of 550 items last month, how many were shipped using second day air freight? McGraw Hill 6th edition, chapter 6, section 5, problem # 12. Thanks so very much for your time!!!
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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I have a pie chart that has Second day air freight 40%, next day air freight 15% and truck 45%. The question is if the company shipped a total of 550 items last month, how many were shipped using second day air freight?
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You should find 40% of 550, as follows.
0.40(550)=220 items were shipped using second day freight.
Cheers,
Stan H.