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posted by  roseflower on 7/21/2008 1:08:54 PM  |  status: Closed  

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If 80% of catering is handle by food service by one-day notice.  What is the expected number of one-day deliveries in a group of 240 request for food services.
 
My answere is 48 - but not sure.  No book.
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posted by Anonymous on 8/17/2008 3:15:54 AM  |  status: Live
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there are a few different ways to think about this...

you could consider this a ratio. the success rate here means that out of every 100 orders, 80 are handled within a day.
You can cross multiply and solve for X, or you can do something much simpler...

80/100 = .8
.8 * 240 = 192

you did something kind of interesting, though. instead of evaluating for 80% of the orders, you evaluated for 20%.

your answer:
20/100 = .2
.2 * 240 = 48

hope this helps.
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