Autumn owns a small business selling ice-cream. She knows that in the last week 108 customers paid cash, 8 customers used a debit card, and 4 customers used a credit card.

Question

If next week, she is expecting 1800 customers, about how many would you expect to pay with a debit card? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

First, calculate the percentage of customers who paid with a debit card in the last week:

Total customers in the last week = 108 (cash) + 8 (debit) + 4 (credit) = 120 customers
Percentage of customers who paid with a debit card = (8/120) * 100 = 6.67%

Next, apply this percentage to the expected number of customers next week:

Number of customers expected to pay with a debit card = (6.67/100) * 1800 = 120

Rounding to the nearest whole number, we would expect approximately 120 customers to pay with a debit card next week.