Tillary Flinton plans to run for Governor next year.

Question

Her campaign manager has taped a phone message which will be dialed to registered voters in the southern states. The automated system can process 15 calls every 4 minutes. a. How many calls-per-hour can the system process? _______

Answer 1

15 calls every 4 minutes.  We need to know how many times per hour the 15 calls are made so we simply

divide (60 min/hr)/(4 sessions per hr) means the calls are made 15 times per hour

 

Thus we make 15 calls 15 times...  15(15) = 225 calls per hour