Question

A​ salesperson's ratio of successful signups to the number of people called is 0.625. This​ month, the salesperson had 125 signups. How many people did the salesperson call this​ month?

Answer 1

The salesperson called 200 people this month.

Explanation:

Let us denote the total people that the salesperson called by a variable "x".

Then,

The ratio of successful signups(success ratio) is given as=0.625

Then total no. of successful signups is the product of the success rate and the total no. of signups ,

i.e. Total successful signups =
`0.625*x`

According to the data given in the question,

The total no. of successful signups this month =125

or ,
`0.625*x= 125`

or,
`x=(125)/(0.625)`

∴x= 200

So, the salesperson called 200 people, out of which only 125 signed up.