A company that makes mobile applications surveyed every 10th customer to learn more about how often customers are using one of the company’s new apps. The table shows the results of the survey.

Feedback Number
use frequently
51
use sparingly
23
do not use
12

What is the predicted percentage of customers who use the new app either frequently or sparingly?

Question

A company that makes mobile applications surveyed every 10th customer to learn more about how often customers are using one of the company’s new apps. The table shows the results of the survey.

Feedback Number
use frequently 
51
use sparingly 
23
do not use 
12

What is the predicted percentage of customers who use the new app either frequently or sparingly?

Mercury · Answer

"either frequently or sparingly" 
simply add up the customers under the "use sparingly" and the "use frequently" columns in the table, then divide by the total # of customers. to convert this to a decimal, multiply by 100 and add a % sign