Addison's Cafe offers two kinds of espresso: single-shot and double-shot. Yesterday afternoon, the cafe sold 70 espressos in all, 70% of which were single-shot. How many single-shot espressos did the cafe sell????

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Answer:

The number of single-shot espressos sold by the cafe was 49.

Step-by-step explanation:

It is provided that Addison's Cafe offers two kinds of espresso: single-shot and double-shot.

Total number of espressos sold by the cafe yesterday afternoon was,

N = 70

The proportion of single-shot espresso sold was, p = 0.70.

Let X = number of single-shot espressos sold.

Compute the number of single-shot espressos sold by the cafe as follows:

[tex]E(X)=N\times p[/tex]

         [tex]=70\times 0.70\\=49[/tex]

Thus, the number of single-shot espressos sold by the cafe was 49.