Rick hanson is a gift wrapper for a department store during the holidays. he works 8 hours per day. he spends 2 hours per day talking with customers. what percentage of his day is spent talking with customers?

To solve this problem you must apply the proccedure shown below:

1. You have the following information given in the problem:

- Rick works 8 hours per day.

- Rick spends 2 hours per day talking with customers.

2. Therefore, you have:

x: percentage of his day is spent talking with customers

x = (2 hours/8 hours) (100)

x = (0.25) (100)

x=25%

3. Therefore, as you can see, the percentage of his day that is spent talking with customers is: 25%.