Question

find the gross earnings for tom vemis, a phone pollster for accurate info. the company pays phone pollsters 20 cents for each telephone call that results in data. during one period, tom made 1405 calls, 1190 of which resulted in data. what are toms gross earnings for the period in which he made 1405 calls, 1190 of which resulted in data? $\square$

Explanation:

Step1: Identify earnings per call

Each data - resulting call pays 20 cents, which is $0.20$ dollars.

Step2: Calculate total earnings

The number of calls that resulted in data is 1190. To find the gross earnings, we multiply the number of data - resulting calls by the payment per data - resulting call. So the gross earnings $E=1190\times0.20$.
$1190\times0.20 = 238$

Answer:

238