Mary delivers 32 newspapers to her customers in 25 minutes. These deliveries represent 64% of her customers. How many customers does Mary have? 16 20 50 57
If 32 customers is 64% of Mary's customers, then set up a simple ratio:
\(\frac{32}{64} = \frac{?}{100}\)
Using cross-multiplication:
\(\frac{32*100}{64}\) = 50
Mary has 50 customers.
Answer:
50
Step-by-step explanation:
I took the test online in K12 and it said that 50 is the correct answer.