{"id":180997,"date":"2025-01-09T09:40:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T09:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=180997"},"modified":"2025-01-09T09:41:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T09:41:00","slug":"cathys-customer-base-is-2-3-residential-and-1-3-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/09\/cathys-customer-base-is-2-3-residential-and-1-3-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Cathy&#8217;s customer base is ( 2)\/(3) residential and ( 1)\/(3) business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cathy&#8217;s customer base is ( 2)\/(3) residential and ( 1)\/(3) business. If she has 350 residential customers, how many total customers does she have? 235 425 525 None of the above. Explain it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\"><strong>The Correct Answer and Explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To determine Cathy&#8217;s total number of customers, we can use the information that her customer base is divided into two-thirds residential and one-third business. Given that she has 350 residential customers, we can set up the following equation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[<br>\\frac{2}{3} \\times \\text{Total Customers} = 350<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find the total number of customers, we solve for it by dividing both sides of the equation by two-thirds:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[<br>\\text{Total Customers} = \\frac{350}{\\frac{2}{3}} = 350 \\times \\frac{3}{2} = 525<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, Cathy has a total of 525 customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Explanation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Understanding the Fractional Distribution:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cathy&#8217;s customer base is divided into two-thirds residential and one-third business. This means that for every three customers, two are residential, and one is business.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Setting Up the Equation:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Let the total number of customers be represented by ( T ).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Since two-thirds of the total customers are residential, we can express this relationship as:<br>[<br>\\frac{2}{3} \\times T = 350<br>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Here, 350 represents the number of residential customers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Solving for the Total Number of Customers:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To isolate ( T ), divide both sides of the equation by two-thirds:<br>[<br>T = \\frac{350}{\\frac{2}{3}} = 350 \\times \\frac{3}{2} = 525<br>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This calculation shows that the total number of customers is 525.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Verification:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To verify, calculate one-third of 525:<br>[<br>\\frac{1}{3} \\times 525 = 175<br>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Since the business customers make up one-third, there are 175 business customers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adding the residential and business customers:<br>[<br>350 \\, (\\text{residential}) + 175 \\, (\\text{business}) = 525<br>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This confirms that the total number of customers is indeed 525.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By understanding the fractional distribution of Cathy&#8217;s customer base and applying basic algebraic principles, we determined that Cathy has a total of 525 customers. 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