Question

A company is focus testing a new type of fruit drink. The focus group is 47% male. Of the responses, 40% of the males and 54% of the females said they would buy the fruit drink. Find the ratio of males who would buy the drink to females who would buy the drink. Round to the nearest ten thousandth if necessary.

Answer 1

Answer: the ratio of males who would buy the drink to females who would buy the drink is approximately 0.6560.

Explanation:

Let's assume that there are 100 people in the focus group. Then, the number of males in the focus group is 47 and the number of females is 53.

Out of 47 males, 40% said they would buy the fruit drink, which is 0.4 x 47 = 18.8 males (rounded to the nearest whole number). Out of 53 females, 54% said they would buy the fruit drink, which is 0.54 x 53 = 28.62 females (rounded to the nearest whole number).

The ratio of males who would buy the drink to females who would buy the drink is:

18.8/28.62 = 0.6560 (rounded to the nearest ten-thousandth)

Therefore, the ratio of males who would buy the drink to females who would buy the drink is approximately 0.6560.