Ratio of Customers by Zone

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Video Warehouse has divided the surrounding community into four advertising zones. The graph shows the total number of customers from each zone for a three-week period. 2. What is the approximate ratio of customers from Zone 1 to customers from Zone 3? A. 3:5 B. 3:2 C. 2:1 D. 1:3 E. 1:2

This question includes visual content: A bar chart titled 'Video Warehouse' displays the 'Number of Customers' on the vertical axis (scaled from 0 to 1000 in increments of 100) and 'Zone' labels (Zone 1, Zone 2, Zone 3, Zone 4) on the horizontal axis. Zone 1 has approximately 450 customers, Zone 2 has approximately 850, Zone 3 has 900, and Zone 4 has approximately 350.

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Hi Rebec, let's solve this problem together. We are asked to find the approximate ratio of customers from Zone one to customers from Zone three, using the bar graph provided.

Reading the Graph

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First, let's look at the bar representing Zone one. The top of this bar is halfway between four hundred and five hundred, which represents approximately four hundred fifty customers.

Reading Values from the Graph

$$\text{Zone 1} \approx 450$$
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Now let's find the value for Zone three. Looking at the third bar, its height reaches exactly the line for nine hundred. So, Zone three has approximately nine hundred customers.

$$\text{Zone 3} \approx 900$$
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Next, let's write down the ratio of Zone one customers to Zone three customers as a fraction.

Calculating the Ratio

$$\text{Ratio} = \frac{\text{Zone 1}}{\text{Zone 3}}$$

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Mathematics
Topic
Data Interpretation
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