SOLUTION: In a survey conducted at a local mall, 40% of the customers would like the mall to stay open later. Of that group 60%, would like to see the mall stay open at least 1 hour later th

Question 856330: In a survey conducted at a local mall, 40% of the customers would like the mall to stay open later. Of that group 60%, would like to see the mall stay open at least 1 hour later than it already does. Of that group 2/3 would like to see the mall stay open until 10 p.m. If 24 people want to see the mall stay open until 10 p.m., how many people were surveyed?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.4x*.6*(2/3)=.16x
.16x=24
x=24/.16
=150 people were surveyed.
.
Ed
RELATED QUESTIONS
The manager of a local mall wishes to estimate the mean age of all the people who... (answered by ewatrrr)

at a shopping mall, 40% of the shoppers are willing to take a survey. estimate the... (answered by Boreal)

A market research group conducted a survey of 1000 customers and reported that 720... (answered by rfer)

A store specializing in mountain bikes is to open in one of two malls. If the first mall (answered by Boreal)

please help...i've done several problems but i'm stuck on a couple... Suppose that 30%... (answered by stanbon)

In a survey of 120 consumers conducted in a shopping mall, 76 consumers indicated that... (answered by ikleyn)

A mall wants to determine if staying open for one additional hour on weekdays would... (answered by Edwin McCravy)

Natalie wants to find out the names of high school students' favorite movies. Which of... (answered by math_tutor2020)

Hi Please help me with this problem. It is really hard and I'm not sure if I should be... (answered by stanbon)