An owner of a small store knows that in the last week 54 customers paid with cash 63 customers paid with a debit card, and 153 paid with a credit card. Based on the number of customers from last week, what is the probability as a percent that the next customer will pay with cash?

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Rodney Mcdowell

19 August, 20:45

An owner of a small store knows that in the last week 54 customers paid with cash 63 customers paid with a debit card, and 153 paid with a credit card. Based on the number of customers from last week, what is the probability as a percent that the next customer will pay with cash?

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Joslyn Escobar · Answer 1

20% probability that the next customer will pay with cash

Step-by-step explanation:

A probability, as a decimal, is the number of desired outcomes divided by the number of total outcomes.

To find as percent, we multiply by 100.

In this question:

Total of 54+63+153 = 270 customers.

Of those, 54 paid with cash.

Based on the number of customers from last week, what is the probability as a percent that the next customer will pay with cash?

54/270 = 0.2

0.2*100 = 20%

20% probability that the next customer will pay with cash