Two sociologists have grant money to study school busing in a particular city. They wish to conduct an opinion survey using 658 telephone contacts and 373 house contactsSurvey company A has personnel to do 35 telephone and 11 house contacts per hour, survey company B can handle 26 telephone and 16 house contacts per hourHow many hours should be scheduled for each firm to produce exactly the number of contacts needed?

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Section10.6: Summarizing Categorical Data
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Two sociologists have grant money to study school busing in a particular city. They wish to
conduct an opinion survey using 658 telephone contacts and 373 house contactsSurvey
company A has personnel to do 35 telephone and 11 house contacts per hour, survey company
B can handle 26 telephone and 16 house contacts per hourHow many hours should be
scheduled for each firm to produce exactly the number of contacts needed?
Transcribed Image Text:Two sociologists have grant money to study school busing in a particular city. They wish to conduct an opinion survey using 658 telephone contacts and 373 house contactsSurvey company A has personnel to do 35 telephone and 11 house contacts per hour, survey company B can handle 26 telephone and 16 house contacts per hourHow many hours should be scheduled for each firm to produce exactly the number of contacts needed?
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