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

answer: the answer is 35%

answer: city needs 2.4 inches of rainfall more to match the record of 40 inches.

step-by-step explanation:

since we have given that

total annual rainfall a city record = 40 inches

this year, total rainfall recorded = 37.6 inches

number of inches of rainfall   is needed to match the record of 40 inches is given by

hence, city needs 2.4 inches of rainfall more to match the record of 40 inches.