Question

Mar 30, 2:00:21 PM

Anna owns a small business selling used books. She knows that in the last week 29
customers paid cash, 26 customers used a debit card, and 62 customers used a credit
card.
Based on these results, express the probability that the next customer will pay with
cash as a percent to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

Answer: 25%

Step-by-step explanation:29 cash, 26 debit card, and 62 credit card.

\color{steelblue}{29}+26+62=

29+26+62=

\,\,\color{indianred}{117}

117

There were a toal of 117 customers. 29 paid with cash.

Probability the next customer will pay with cash:

\frac{\color{steelblue}{29}}{\color{indianred}{117}}=

117

29

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=

\,\,0.247863...

0.247863...

0.247863...\times100\%\approx

0.247863...×100%≈

\,\,24.7863\%

24.7863%