Question

Do you take the free samples offered in super- markets? About 70% of all customers will take free samples. Furthermore, of those who take the free samples, about 30% will buy what they have sampled. Suppose you set up a counter in a supermarket offering free samples of a new product. The day you are offering free samples, 317 customers pass by your counter.

Answer 1

222 customers took a free sample of the product, and 67 finally bought it.

Explanation:

Given that 317 consumers passed through the sample stand, and taking into account that 70% usually take free samples, the number of people who take free samples is determined by the following calculation:

317 x 70/100 = X

22,190 / 100 = X

221.9 = X

Therefore, of the 317 consumers, about 222 took free samples of the product. Furthermore, of those 222, it is estimated that 30% bought the product after testing the sample. To determine the number of people who bought the product, the following calculation must be made:

222 x 30/100 = X

6,660 / 100 = X

66.6 = X

Therefore, 67 consumers purchased the product after taking a free sample of it.