Question

A college surveys local businesses about the
importance of students as customers. The
college chooses 150 businesses at random
from telephone listings. Of these, 68 return
the questionnaire.
As a percent, what is the proportion of
businesses who did not respond?
Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.​

Answer 1

Answer:

approximately 54.7% did not respond.

Step-by-step explanation:

Consider the provided information.

The  college chooses 150 businesses at random  from telephone listings.

Of these, 68 return  the questionnaire.

That means 68 of them responded.

The number of people who did not respond are:

150-68=82

The number of people who did not respond are 82.

Now find the percentage of people who did not respond.

$\frac{82}{150}\times 100 \approx 54.7\%$

Hence, approximately 54.7% did not respond.