Question

You and your friend are selling tickets for the orchestra concert. On Thursday, you sold 15 tickets and your friend sold 10 tickets.

a. What percent of the tickets sold on Thursday did you sell?

b. On Friday, you sold 9 tickets and your friend sold 16 tickets. What percent of the tickets sold on Friday did you sell?

c. What percent of the total tickets sold on Thursday and Friday did you sell?

Answer 1

To find the percentage of tickets sold by you, divide the number of tickets you sold by the total number of tickets sold and multiply by 100. Repeat this process for each day and for both days combined.

Step-by-step explanation:

a. To find the percent of tickets you sold on Thursday, divide the number of tickets you sold (15) by the total number of tickets sold (15 + 10 = 25). Then multiply the result by 100 to find the percentage.

b. To find the percent of tickets you sold on Friday, follow the same steps as in part (a), using the number of tickets sold on Friday (9) and the total number of tickets sold on Friday (9 + 16 = 25).

c. To find the percent of total tickets sold on both Thursday and Friday that you sold, add the number of tickets you sold on both days (15 + 9 = 24) and divide it by the total number of tickets sold (25 + 25 = 50). Then multiply the result by 100 to find the percentage.

Answer 2

a. On Thursday, 25 tickets were sold in total, that means you sold 15/25. this is simplified to 3/5, which equals 60%.

b. On Friday, you sold 9/25 tickets. If you multiply both 9 and 25 by 4, you get 36/100, or 36%.

c. In total, 50 tickets were sold between the two days. You sold 24 (9+15) of them. 24/50 equals 48%