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. makes 1,500 sales calls per year on average, approximately how many salespeople will be needed?

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The total number of calls required for Type-A accounts is:
1,000 accounts x 28 calls per account = 28,000 calls

The total number of calls required for Type-B accounts is:
2,200 accounts x 15 calls per account = 33,000 calls

The total number of calls required for both Type-A and Type-B accounts is:
28,000 + 33,000 = 61,000 calls

To make 1,500 sales calls per year on average, Stahl, Inc. will need:
61,000 calls ÷ 1,500 sales calls per salesperson = 40.67 salespeople

Since you cannot have a fraction of a salesperson, you need to round up to the nearest whole number. Therefore, approximately 41 salespeople will be needed.