Question

You are the manager of a fast-food store. Part of your job is to report to the boss at the end of each day which special is selling best. Use your vast knowledge of descriptive statistics to write one paragraph letting the boss know what happened today. Here are the data. Do this exercise by hand. Be sure to include a copy of your work.SPECIAL NUMBER SOLD COSTHuge Burger 20 $2.95Baby Burger 18 $1.49Chicken Littles 25 $3.50Porker Burger 19 $2.95Yummy Burger 17 $1.99Coney Dog 20 $1.99Total Specials Sold 119

Answer 1

Answer:

A total of 119 Specials were sold today.  Chicken Littles had the highest number sold, which represents about 21% (25/119 * 100) of the total sales and a cost of 24% of the total costs.  This was followed by Huge Burger and Coney Dog which were sold 20 each or about 17% of the number sold.  Poker Burger, Baby Burger, and Yummy trailed behind with total sales of 19, 18, and 17 respectively.

Step-by-step explanation:

a) Data and Calculations:

SPECIAL            NUMBER SOLD  Percentage   COST      Percentage

Huge Burger                20           17%                 $2.95        20%

Baby Burger                 18            15%                 $1.49         10%

Chicken Littles            25           21%                 $3.50         24%

Porker Burger              19            16%                $2.95        20%

Yummy Burger             17            14%                 $1.99         13%

Coney Dog                  20            17%                 $1.99         13%

Total Specials Sold    119          100%               $14.87        100%