Question

A server sees 84 customers over 6 hours. At the same rate, how many customers would the server see in 3 hours? *

Answer 1

42 customers

Explanation:

We can write a ratio to solve

84 customers x customers

-------------------- = -------------------

6 hours 3 hours

Using cross products

84 * 3 = 6x

Divide each side by 6

84*3/6 = 6x/6

42 =x

42 customers