175 people would be expected to be carrying a purse.
Step-by-step explanation:
7/10 people who entered were carrying a purse and if you say 250 people entered the store in one day the number of people would now be 250 instead of 10.
Since I made it into a fraction form you would need to find a numerator that would make the ratio equal. 7/10 = ?/250 Since 10 is a factor of 250 you would divide 250 by 10 and you would get 25. Since 10 * 25 is 250 you would also multiply the numerator, which is 7, by 25. 7 * 25 is 175. The ratio 7/10 = 175/250 is now equal.
The answer would be 175 would be expected to be carrying a purse since I had made the numerator of the fraction the number of people who were expected to bring a purse and the denominator the number of people entering the store.
You would first make the fractions improper (making the numerator bigger then the denominator) in order to do that times the denominator with the whole number and add the numerator. Ex) 3*8 = 24 + 5 = 29/8 Then you would add both of the improper fractions
