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Leila works as an information specialist for her state’s department of insurance. She and five other information specialists answer consumer queries by e-mail. The number of e-mail queries has increased 33% over the previous year. How many new information specialists should the division hire to handle the increased workload?
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there are 6 information specialist in total
the number of e-mail queries has increased 33% over the previous year meaning the number of specialist should also increase by 33%:
6*0.33 = 1.98
since the number of specialists needs to be integer the closest integer to 1.98 that is greater that 1.98 is 2
they should hire 2 more specialists.