On Wednesday 72% of the customers who bought gas at a gas station made additional purchases. There were 250 customers who bought gas. How many of these 250 customers made additional purchases?

180 customers

Explanation: To find the amount of people that made additional purchases you convert 72% into a decimal (0.72). you then take this decimal and multiply it by 250 to get an answer of 180

The answer is why would a teacher ask that

The first option would be correct if it were one half and not one