Question

A company that makes​ hair-care products had 8000 comma people try a new shampoo. Of the 8000 comma ​people, 24 had a mild allergic reaction. What percent of the people had a mild allergic​ reaction?

Answer 1

0.3% of the people had a mild allergic reaction.

Explanation:

Given:

A company that makes​ hair-care products had 8000 common people try a new shampoo.

Of the 8000 common ​people, 24 had a mild allergic reaction.

Now, to find the percent of the people had a mild allergic reaction.

According to question:

`(People\ who\ had\ allergic\ reaction)/(Total\ common\ people)* 100`

⇒
`(24)/(8000) * 100`

⇒
`0.003* 100`

⇒
`0.3\%`

Therefore, 0.3% of the people had a mild allergic reaction.