In a recent survey, 88% of shoppers at a grocery store said they would be interested in a rewards program. If there were 450 shoppers surveyed, which proportion can be used to find the number who are interested in a rewards program?
Mathematics · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Given the statement:
In a recent survey, 88% of shoppers at a grocery store said they would be interested in a rewards program.
Determine how many are interested if there were 450 shoppers.
Solution:
In order to determine how many are interested, we simply needed to multiply the decimal value of 88% by the number of shoppers.
In converting a percentage into a decimal, divide the percentage by 100, hence in converting a decimal to percentage, multiply the percentage by 100.
= 88/100
= 0.88
= (0.88)(450)
= 396
Final answer:
396 shoppers were interested.