Splash World Pool Supplies wants its salespeople to call on pool wholesalers five times per year and to spend two hours on each sales call. Every salesperson works a 40-hour week and takes off two weeks for vacation each year. A salesperson must spend half of the time on travel and administration. Approximately how many salespeople does Splash World need to service 1000 accounts?

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Splash World needs 10 salespeople to service 1000 accounts. Each salesperson can make 5 calls per year, spending 2 hours on each call. This means that each salesperson can make 10 calls per year. With 1000 accounts, Splash World needs 100 calls per year. Therefore, Splash World needs 10 salespeople to service 1000 accounts.

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