A restaurateur wants to invite a certain number of people to the presentation of a new menu. From previous experiences, you know that only 65% of the guests attend the event. If you want to have full occupancy, and your establishment has a capacity of 850 people, how many people can you invite?
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To ensure full occupancy for the presentation of the new menu, you can use the fact that only 65% of the invited guests are expected to attend. Let's call the total number of people you need to invite "X."
You want to have 850 people attend the event, which is 100% of the capacity. So, you can set up the following equation:
0.65X = 850
Now, solve for X by dividing both sides of the equation by 0.65:
X = 850 / 0.65
X ≈ 1307.69
Since you can't invite a fraction of a person, you should invite approximately 1308 people to ensure that around 65% of them (approximately 850 people) attend the event, filling the restaurant's capacity.
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