There are approximately 6000 fish and chip shops in the UK. On average, a fish and
chip shop gets about 160 visitors each day. Given that the population of the UK is
roughly 60 million, approximately what percentage of the population visit a fish and
chip shop each day?
Answers
Answered by
3
No. of fish shops = 6,000
No. of visitors of each fish shop = 160
Total people visit fish shops each day
= 6,000 × 160
= 960,000
No. of chip shops = 6,000
No. of visitors of each chip shop = 160
Total people visit chips shops each day
= 6,000 × 160
= 960,000
Total visitors of fish and chips shop
= 960,000 + 960,000
= 1,920,000
Total population of UK
= 60,000,000
Percentage of visitors
= (1,920,000/60,000,000 × 100) %
= 3.2 %
Approximately 3.2% percentage of the population visit a fish and chip shop each day.
Similar questions