Question

an italian restaurant counted how often its customers ate pizza last month.
eating pizza last month
how many customers ate pizza fewer than 2 times?
customers

Explanation:

Step1: Identify the relevant data

Customers who ate pizza fewer than 2 times are those who ate 0 or 1 time.

Step2: Count the number of 'X's for 0 and 1

For 0 times: 2 'X's. For 1 time: 7 'X's.

Step3: Sum the counts

$2 + 7=9$

Answer:

9