Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Given:
281,000 homes sold through Jan 2011 was 66.3% of homes completed
378,000 homes was a 28.5% decrease from starts in 2010
Find:
(i) Homes completed in 12 months through Jan 2011
(ii) Comparison to homes started in 2010
Solution:
(i) Using the given relation, we can find homes completed through Jan 2011.
281,000 = 0.663×completed
completed = 281,000/0.663 = 423,831
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(ii) Similarly, we can find the number of 2010 starts:
starts(1 -28.5%) = 378,000
starts = 378,000/0.715 = 528,671
The relation of completions in 2011 to starts in 2010 is ...
423,831 -528,671 = -104,840
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Through Jan 2011, there were 423,831 homes completed, which was 104,840 fewer than the number of starts in 2010.
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Comment on your question
Your problem statement supplies the answer to the first question in 2(c). Part 1(b) tells you the relation between starts in 2011 and in 2010, so you can easily figure starts in 2010 from your answer to that question.