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Question
At Company X senior sales representatives visit the home office once every 30 days, and junior sales representatives visit the home office once every 20 days. The number of visits that a junior sales representative makes in a 2-year period is approximately what percent greater than the number of visits that a senior representative makes in the same period?
Option A:
10%
Option B:
25%
Option C:
33%
Option D:
50%
Option E:
67%
Difficulty Level
MediumSolution
Option D is the correct answer.
Option Analysis
For seniors, the time of visit is 30 days. The rate is 1/30. Similarly, the rate of visit for junior is 1/20.
The 2 yrs has no significance in this case. The rate stays the same for every time interval.
(({1/20} – {1/30})/ {1/30}) * 100 = 50%
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