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Joshua owns a small business selling bagels. He knows that in the last week 39 customers paid cash, 22 customers used a debit card, and 2 customers used a credit card.
If next week, he is expecting 700 customers, about how many would you expect to pay with cash? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

Joshua owns a small business selling bagels. He knows that in the last week 3939 customers paid cash, 2222 customers used a debit card, and 22 customers used a credit card.\newlineIf next week, he is expecting 700700 customers, about how many would you expect to pay with cash? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

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Q. Joshua owns a small business selling bagels. He knows that in the last week 3939 customers paid cash, 2222 customers used a debit card, and 22 customers used a credit card.\newlineIf next week, he is expecting 700700 customers, about how many would you expect to pay with cash? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.
  1. Calculate total customers: Determine the total number of customers from last week and the proportion that paid with cash.\newlineCustomers who paid with cash last week: 3939\newlineCustomers who used a debit card last week: 2222\newlineCustomers who used a credit card last week: 22\newlineTotal number of customers last week: 39+22+2=6339 + 22 + 2 = 63
  2. Calculate cash payment proportion: Calculate the proportion of customers who paid with cash. Proportion of cash payments: 3963\frac{39}{63}
  3. Estimate cash payments for next week: Apply the proportion of cash payments to the expected number of customers next week to estimate the number of cash payments.\newlineExpected number of customers next week: 700700\newlineExpected number of cash payments: (3963)×700(\frac{39}{63}) \times 700
  4. Perform calculation for cash payments: Perform the calculation to find the expected number of cash payments.\newlineExpected number of cash payments: (3963)×700433.33(\frac{39}{63}) \times 700 \approx 433.33
  5. Round expected cash payments: Round the expected number of cash payments to the nearest whole number.\newlineRounded expected number of cash payments: 433433

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