Question

Ess observed that 60% of the people at a mall on a particular day shopped for clothes. If 2500 people at the mall did not shop for clothes that day, the number of people who shopped for clothes that day was ______. (only put numeric values, no other symbols)

Answer 1

Let's consider that the number of people in the mall in that day was x

"Ess observed that 60% of the people at a mall on a particular day shopped for clothes" means

`0.6x`

AND
"people at the mall did not shop for clothes that day" means 0.4x

So we got the equation:

`0.4x=2500 \\~\\~\\Solve ~for~x\\~\\x= (2500)/(0.4)=6250[tex]0.6x=0.6(6250)=3750` [/tex]

Hence we can calculate the number of the people who shopped for clothes:


So we can conclude that the number of people who shopped for clothes that day was 3750