Question

1. collins creamery makes homemade ice cream. customers last weekend were randomly surveyed about their favorite flavor of ice cream. the results are shown in the graph below. if collins creamery has 16,500 customers this summer, predict about how many would choose chocolate or vanilla as their favorite flavor

favorite ice cream flavor
butter pecan 9%
strawberry 11%
vanilla 61%
chocolate 19%
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Explanation:

Step1: Find the combined percentage

Add the percentage of customers who like chocolate and vanilla. $61\%+19\% = 80\%$.

Step2: Calculate the number of customers

Multiply the total number of customers by the combined - percentage. $16500\times0.8=13200$.

Answer:

13200