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A call center has two teams. Each member of Team A was able to process 4/5 calls as compared to each member of Team B. If Team A has 5/8 as many number of call center agents as Team B, what fraction of the total calls was processed by Team B?

A. 3/2
B. 3/4
C. 2/3
D. 1/2
E. 1/5

Say each member of Team B processes 5 calls and Team B has 8 agents, then the total number of calls processed by team B is 5*8=40;

Since each member of Team A was able to process 4/5 calls as compared to each member of Team B and Team A has 5/8 as many number of call center agents as Team B, then each member of Team A processes 4/5*5=4 calls and Team A has 5/8*8=5 agents. Thus, the total number of calls processed by Team A is 4*5=20;

Total calls processed by Team A and B is 40+20=60. Therefore, Team B processed 40/60=2/3 of the total calls.

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what is the source of this question ??

is not a proprer gmat like question because gmat use the brackets [ ] only if a number could be rounded to the next number i.e. : if [x] is 1.5 and x is rounded to the lower less than X what is X : 1 is X, i remember 1 or max 2 problems of this genere in the entire OG )

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Let team B has 8 agents, so team A has 5 agents
Let each agent of team B picked up 5 calls, so total calls by team B = 40
So, each agent in Team A picked up 4 calls, so total calls for team A = 20

Fraction for team B = 40/(40+20) = 2/3 = Answer = C
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No.of calls:
B= x; A=4/5x
No.of agents:
B=y; A=5/8y
Total calls made:
A= 4/5x*5/8y==> xy/2
B= xy

Now the ratio: A/B= xy/2 /xy==> 1/2

B's share= 2/3
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