Meena owns a small business selling bagels. She knows that in the last week 35 customers paid cash, 12 customers used a debit card, and 17 customers used a credit card. If next week, she is expecting 700 customers, about how many would you expect to pay with a debit card? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

To find out how many customers are expected to pay with a debit card next week, we can first find the ratio of customers who paid with a debit card in the last week:

Debit card customers in the last week = 12
Total customers in the last week = 35 + 12 + 17 = 64

Debit card customer ratio = 12 / 64 ≈ 0.1875

Now, we can use this ratio to estimate how many customers would pay with a debit card next week:

Expected debit card customers next week = ratio x total expected customers next week
Expected debit card customers next week = 0.1875 x 700 ≈ 131

Therefore, we would expect about 131 customers to pay with a debit card next week.