Question

A telemarketer calls people and tries to sell them a subscription to a daily newspaper. On 20% of her calls, there is no answer or the line is busy. She sells subscriptions to 6% of the remaining calls. For what proportion of calls does she make a sale?

Answer 1

`4.8\%`

Explanation:

We are given that 20% of her calls, there is no answer or the line is busy.

So, remaining calls = 100% - 20% = 80%

Now we are given that She sells subscriptions to 6% of the remaining calls

So, she make a sale of calls =
`6\% * 80\%`

=
`(6)/(100)* (80)/(100)`

=
`(6)/(125)`

=
`(6)/(125) * 100`

=
`4.8\%`

Hence she make a sale of
`4.8\%` calls .