Section 1.2: Applied Percentage Problems

Question

Question 34:

A store is hoping an advertising campaign will increase their number of customers by 30%. They currently have about 64 customers per day.

(a) How many customers will they have if their campaign is successful?

 customers

(b) If they increase to 85 customers a day, were they successful? What percent increase is this from the current level?

1. Yes
2. No

%

Answer 1

64(1.3) = 83.2 customers per day after a 30% increase

85 is a success

85 = 64x

x= 85/64 = about 1.328

85 is a 32.8% increase > 30%