Dietary Supplements. Refer to Table 24 for Exercises 87–94. The table gives the number of American adults who have used the indicated “nonvitamin, nonmineral, natural products.”

Table 3.92: Table 24 Use of dietary supplements
Product Usage
(in millions)		 Product Usage
(in millions)
Echinacea 14.7 Ginger 3.8
Ginseng 8.8 Soy 3.5
Ginkgo biloba 7.7 Chamomile 3.1
Garlic 7.1 Bee pollen 2.8
Glucosamine 5.2 Kava kava 2.4
St. John's wort 4.4 Valerian 2.1
Peppermint 4.3 Saw palmetto 2.0
Fish oil 4.2
Table 3.92: Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Vital and Health Statistics.

Question 3.349

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94. Suppose an advertising agency is interested in the top 15% of supplements.

  1. What usage does this represent?
  2. Which supplements would be of interest?