A clothing store owner is experimenting with the layout of a clothing rack on the floor. One day, she kept track of the number of customers in the store who visited the rack of new clothing items. She found that sixty-two percent of her customers looked through that rack. The next day, she moved the rack of new items to a different location on the floor. Here's what she found:
Total customers: 75
Number of customers looking at new items: 60

How did the movement of the rack affect the number of customers looking at the new items?

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A clothing store owner is experimenting with the layout of a clothing rack on the floor. One day, she kept track of the number of customers in the store who visited the rack of new clothing items. She found that sixty-two percent of her customers looked through that rack. The next day, she moved the rack of new items to a different location on the floor. Here's what she found:
Total customers: 75
Number of customers looking at new items: 60

How did the movement of the rack affect the number of customers looking at the new items?

anonymous · Answer

compare 
$$\frac{60}{75}$$ to 62%

anonymous · Answer

60/75  = 80%
80% > 62%
The new location is better.

anonymous · Answer

Does It decrease by 2 percent,
decrease by 8 percent,
Increase by thirteen percent,
or
increase by eighteen percent...??

anonymous · Answer

this question is ambiguous

anonymous · Answer

the actual increase is 18% but be careful.

anonymous · Answer

in truth the actual "increase" is about 29% since 
$$\frac{18}{62}=.29$$ but that is probably not what they want you to say, so stick with 18