If a salesman's average is a new order every other week, he will break the office record of the year. However, after 28 weeks, he is six orders behind schedule. In what proportion of the remaining weeks does he have to obtain a new order to break the record?

• Number of weeks in a year = 52
  Total orders in a year = 52/2 = 26 (Because every other weeks means, alternate)
  so after 28 weeks no. of orders should be 28/2 = 14
  Originally completed orders in 28 weeks = 14 - 6 = 8 orders (Because 6 orders behind)
  next 24 (52- 28) weeks, orders needed to collect = 26 - 8 = 18
  So, required proportion for remaining weeks = 18/24 = 3/4
• 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(70) No(5)
• 52 weeks a year.
  
  52-28= 24 weeks remaining
  24/2= 12 regular average
  12 + 6 = 18 above average to make up time lost
  18/24 = 3/4 sales per week (or 3 sales per 4 weeks)
• 10 years agoHelpfull: Yes(8) No(2)
• Assume there are 52 weeks in one year.
  Since he supposed to have a new order for every two weeks, he
  needs 52/2 = 26 orders to break the office record.
  
  Now after 28 weeks,he has got only 28/2 -6 = 8 orders.
  
  Hence,he needs 26-8 = 18 new orders in the remaining 24= 52-28 weeks to break the office record.
  
  Compute 24 orders/18 weeks = 4/3 orders/week ,
  we see that averagely he has a new order for
  every 4/3 weeks in the remaining weeks to break the office record.
• 8 years agoHelpfull: Yes(3) No(0)