A telemarketer is required to make 50 solicitation calls per hour. In a given hour, he got 15 people out of the 50 he called to answer the phone. What is the fraction of people who picked up the phone? Express your answer in the lowest terms.

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A: It is given that an employee is getting $26 for an hour. (A) In a week, if 37 hours are working…

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Q: Thirty percent of high-school senior boys play in the school band. If a certain high school has 60…

A: Given: Total boys = 60  Play in the band = 30% = 30/100

Q: The first week of January, there are 49 dogs and 28 cats in an animal shelter. Throughout the month,…

A: The first week of January, there are 49 dogs and 28 cats in an animal shelter. Throughout the month,…

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Q: To estimate the number of bass in a lake, a biologist catches and tags 24 bass. Several weeks later,…

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Q: Mr. Caffey sold 60 out of 75 painting at an art show. What percent of his paintings did he sell?

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Q: 48% of the students who applied received a scholarship.   If 408 students received a scholarship,…

A: 48% of the students who applied received a scholarship. If 408 students received a scholarship,…

Q: Mr Hudson, the principal at Hoover High School, counted 31 seniors absent on Senior Skip Day. if…

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Q: A study found that the average home price for 14 houses in one community was $285,000.  Two more…

A: We need to find new average price.

Q: A hamburger franchise is owned by three people. One person owns 7/12 of the franchise and the second…

A: Given that  A hamburger franchise is owned by three people One person owns =7/12 The person owns  =…

Q: a survey found that 75,000 people own a car. This was 75% of the respondents in the survey. What was…

A: Given data: The given people that own a chair are C=75,000. The given percentage is p=75%.

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Q: 50 part-time students were asked how many courses they were taking this term. The (incomplete)…

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Q: In a certain math class one day the ratio of people wearing socks to sockless people was 8 to 3.…

A: We have given that  Total people=22 The ratio of people wearing socks to sockless people=8:3

Q: A basketball player made 68% of the 25 shots he took. How many shots did he make?

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Q: A bakery sells 20 pies, 30 cakes, and 35 muffins on Saturday. The bakery sells 10 pies, 18 cakes and…

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Q: There are 750 people at a football game. Out of this number 320 are students. What percent of the…

A: Given there are 750 people at a football game. Out of this number 320 students .

Q: Last year at a certain high school, there were 150 boys on the honor roll and 150 girls on the honor…

A: Given Information: Number of boys is 150. Number of girls is 150. The number of boys on the honor…

Q: One group (A) contains 255 people. Two-thirds of the people in group A will be selected to win $50…

A: Given that, one group(A) contains  people. Two-thirds of the people in group A will be selected to…

Q: The bookstore marked some notepads down from $2.00 but still kept the price over $1.00. It sold all…

A: An Integer is any number in the set ···,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,···. Integers comprise natural numbers 1,…

Q: A store sold 14 more colored shirts than white shirts. The white shirts cost $9.95 and colors cost…

A: Given , white shirt cost =$9.95 Color shirt cost =$10.50 Given cond Colorshirts =14+w Also given Wx…

Q: There are 130 students in the ski club. 50 of the students are boys. In simplest form, write the…

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Q: A team of students lined up dominoes on the gym floor. Of the 400 dominoes they used, 25% fell over.…

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Q: One half of the fifth grade class belong to an after school club and one third of those students…

A: Given After school club = 1/2 of total Math club = 1/3 of after school club

Q: The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes…

A: given data  n(yes)n(no) = 23n(yes) = 1498n(total) = ?

Q: Randy and Fred were the only two candidates for class president.Randy received 7/15 of the…

A: Given that Randy and Fred were the only two candidates for class president. Randy received 7/15 of…

Q: Ms. Metcalf wants to share $1 equally among 5 students.  What fraction of a dollar will each…

A: fraction of a dollar will each student get = total amount/total number of students

Q: In 2008, 870 students signed up for the town soccer program. This was 125% of the number who signed…

A: The answer is 696.

Q: Of the 2380 motorcycle riders that participated in a recent bike rally through the California…

A: Total number of participants (N) are 2380. Number of men participants (M) are 2041. Percentage of…