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A lead dispatch in a partner organization in Canada has offered you an exchange -- any 3 of your current sled teams for a high performing team from her unit. The new sled team, Dashing Dogs, is able to complete a total of 200 runs. Any of the upcoming 802 runs that went unstaffed because of the exchange would count as unsuccessful for your team overall. What is the minimum success rate that Dashing Dogs needs for your team overall to break even?

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The Excel file contains the step-by-step calculations, formulas and tables for the problem. The Word file contains explanations for each step and the final answer.

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Step 1
Calculate the column totals.

Total Total Successes Total Failures
Puparazzi 112 48 64
Ruff Runners 176 64 112
Wizard of Paws 236 39 197
Barking Lot 180 95 85
Claws and Effect 98 57 41
802 303 499

Step 2
Create a new column showing the percentage of successes by using:
% Success = (Total Successes) / (Total Runs) * 100%
From the table below, the break-even percentage is ...

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