Question 1078201: The manager of a shopping mall observes how many adults and children enter the food court in one day. He observes whether each customer is an adult or a child.
The manager observes that 675 adults were customers on one particular day, which was 75% of the total customers, t. This is shown in the diagram below.
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The manager of a shopping mall observes how many adults and children enter the food court in one day. He observes whether each customer is an adult or a child.
The manager observes that 675 adults were customers on one particular day, which was 75% of the total customers, t. This is shown in the diagram below.
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0.75t = 675
t = 675/0.75
total # of customers = 896
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0.25t = 0.25*896 = 224 (# of children)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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