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%.