Bentley owns a small business selling bagels. He knows that in the last week 44 customers paid cash, 11 customers used a debit card, and 84 customers used a credit card.
If next week, he is expecting 1400 customers, about how many would you expect to pay with cash? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.
To find out the approximate number of customers who would pay with cash next week, we need to find the percentage of customers who paid with cash last week.
Total customers last week = 44 + 11 + 84 = 139
Percentage of customers who paid with cash = (44 / 139) * 100 = 31.7% (rounded to one decimal place)
Now, we can find the approximate number of customers who would pay with cash next week:
Approximate number of customers paying with cash = (31.7 / 100) * 1400 = 444.8
Rounded to the nearest whole number, we would expect around 445 customers to pay with cash next week.