Question

A local coffee shop serves 2/9
as many customers as a shop run by a national coffee chain. The shop run by the chain serves 502 customers a day. About how many customers does the local shop serve in a day (round to the nearest whole number)?
A) 45
B) 112
C) 390
D) 645

Answer 1

You can automatically eliminate D

Answer 2

ok

Answer 3

The easiest way in which to solve this involves setting up and equating two ratios.
The first ratio is (2/9). You observe here that the larger number (9) is in the denom.

The appropriate first ratio is just (2/9); the appropriate second ratio is (x/502).

Equate these ratios and solve for x. x represents the number of cups of java sold by the local store.

Answer 4

so would it be (B)

Answer 5

That would be the closest one

Answer 6

ok thanks