A survey of shoppers at a grocery store found that 40% of shoppers were buying food for a week or more.If 50 shoppers were surveyed,how many shoppers were buying food for a week or more?

Answer 1

To find out how many shoppers were buying food for a week or more, we can use the percentage given in the survey.

Given that 40% of the shoppers were buying food for a week or more, we can calculate the number of shoppers as follows:

Number of shoppers buying food = Total number of shoppers surveyed × Percentage of shoppers buying food

Here, we have:

• Total number of shoppers surveyed = 50
• Percentage of shoppers buying food = 40% = 0.40 (as a decimal)

So the calculation is:

Number of shoppers buying food = 50 × 0.40 = 20

Therefore, 20 shoppers were buying food for a week or more.