Question

Supervisor: "I need you to increase the number of customers you talk to daily by

20%."
Employee: "I talk to an average of 8 customers per hour during an 8 hour shift so
now I'll need to talk to customers per day."
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77
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Answer 1

77

Explanation:

Currently:

Talk to 8 customers per hour, work 8 hours, so:

Talk to 8*8 = 64 customers.

With the increase:

Has to increase by 20%, so 64 is multiplied by 1 + 0.2 = 1.2. Then

64*1.2 = 76.8

Rounding up, 77 is the answer.