This week, 28% of customers ordered the fish entrée. If there were 900 customers this week, how many customers ordered the fish entrée?

252 people

Step-by-step explanation:

There are two ways of solving.

you can use a proportion or an equation.

is=% as a decimal×of

or the proportion

step 1- Identity which is which.

28 is the percent and 900 is the of. we need to find the is.

step 2-

if you use an equation:

is=0.28x900

is=252

252 people ordered fish

you can also use a proportion

x is a variable in place of is.

then, we cross cancel.

25200=100x

x=252

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