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(3 points) Drinks and Popcorn. Movie theaters derive most of their income from s

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Question

(3 points) Drinks and Popcorn. Movie theaters derive most of their income from sales at the snack counter so understanding consumer purchasing patterns helps managers decide which products should be bundled together. The table below summarizes the drink and popcorn purchases at the snack counter at a small-town theater on a Friday evening. Round all answers to two decimal places. Beverage Popcorn No Popcorn Total 112 230 No Drink 67 23 90 135 320 Drink 118 Total 185 1. What proportion of customers purchased popcorn? 2. Of the customers who purchased popcorn, what proportion also purchased a drink? 3. Of the customers who did not purchase a drink, what proportion did not purchase popcorn?

Explanation / Answer

The total number of customers who purchased a snacks are 320

a) The total customers who purchased popcorn are 185.

Therefore the proportion of customers purchased popcorn is=(185/320)*100

=0.5781*100

=57.81%

The proportion of customers purchased popcorn is =57.81%

b) The total customers who purchased popcorn are 185. And there are 118 customers also purchased drink.

Therefore of the cutomers who purchased popcorn. the proportion of customers purchased popcorn is=(118/185)*100

=0.6378*100

=63.78%

The proportion of customers also purchased drink is =63.78%

c) There are total 90 customers who did not purchased a drink out of which 23 did not purchased popcorn.

Therefore the proportion of customers who did not purchased popcorn out of the customers who did not purchased drink = (23/90)*100

=0.2556*100

=25.56%