Question

In a survey of 2,200 people who owned a certain type of​ car, 880 said they would buy that type of car again. What percent of the people surveyed were satisfied with the​ car?

*blank*% of the people surveyed were satisfied with the car.

Answer 1

40%

Explanation:

Given parameters:

Number of people surveyed = 2200

Number of people who said they would buy the car again = 880

Unknown:

The percentage of people satisfied with the car = ?

Solution:

The percentage of people satisfied with the car purchase can be determined using the expression below:

Percentage of people satisfied =
`(Number of people who said they would buy the car again)/(Number of people surveyed) x 100`

Percentage of people satisfied =
`(880)/(2200)` x 100 = 40%