Homework: Chapter 16 Marketing by the Numbers -1 Save HW Score: 0%, 0 of 1 pt 1 of 1 (0 complete) Score: 0 of 1 pt Metrics 16.1 Question Help Wheels, Inc. is a manufacturer of bicycles sold through retail bicycle shops in the southeastem United States. The company has two salespeople who do more than just sell the products-they manage relationships with the bicycle shops to enable them to better meet consumers' needs. The oompany's sales reps visit the shops several times per year, often for hours at a time. The owner of Wheels is considering expanding to the rest of the country and would like to have distribution through 1,500 bicycle shops. To do so, however, the company would have to hire more salespeople. Each salesperson earns $40,000 plus 2 percent commission on al sales. Another altemative is to use the services of sales agents instead of its own salesforce. Sales agents would be paid 5 peroent of sales. Determine the number of salespeople Wheels needs if it has 1,500 bicycle shop accounts that need to be called on four times per year. Each sales call lasts approximately 2.8 hours, and each sales rep has approximately 840 hours per year to devote to customers. salespeople. (Round to the nearest whole number) Wheels needs Incorre