Question

It is reported that 32% of shoppers use cash to pay for their purchases. Based on this report, if a store has 250 sales in one day, how many shoppers could be expected to pay with cash? A. 32 B. 80 C. 170 D. 218

Answer 1

The answer would be B) 80
To find the answer you would use the equation x/250 = 32/100. Then, you would cross multiply (multiply diagonally). This would leave you with 100x=8000. Finally you divide by 100 on n=both sides of the equal sign, leaving you with x=80.