Stahl,Inc.has 1,000 Type- A accounts,each requiring 28 calls per year,and 2,200 Type- B accounts,each requiring 15 calls per year.If each salesperson at Stahl,Inc.can make 1,500 sales calls per year,approximately how many salespeople will be needed?

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To solve the problem, we need to first calculate the total number of calls that need to be made in a year:

Number of Type-A accounts x calls per account per year = 1,000 x 28 = 28,000
Number of Type-B accounts x calls per account per year = 2,200 x 15 = 33,000

Total calls per year = 28,000 + 33,000 = 61,000

Next, we divide the total number of calls by the number of calls a salesperson can make in a year:

Number of salespeople needed = Total calls per year / Calls per salesperson per year
Number of salespeople needed = 61,000 / 1,500
Number of salespeople needed = 40.67

Since we can't have a fraction of a salesperson, we need to round up to the nearest whole number:

Number of salespeople needed = 41

Therefore, the best choice is C, with 41 salespeople needed to make all the calls.

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