Question

Marcus bought a booklet of tickets to use at the amusement park. He used 50% of the tickets on rides, 13of the tickets on video games, and the rest of the tickets in the batting cage. Marcus says he used 10% of the tickets in the batting cage. Do you agree? Explain.

Answer 1

Given :

Marcus bought a booklet of tickets to use at the amusement park.

He used 50% of the tickets on rides, 13% of the tickets on video games, and the rest of the tickets in the batting cage.

To Find :

Marcus says he used 10% of the tickets in the batting cage.

Solution :

We know sum of all the percentage should be equal to 100.

So,

( % used on rides ) + ( % used on video game ) + ( % used in batting cage ) = 100

Let, % of ticket spend on batting cage is x.

50 + 13 + x = 100

x = 100 - ( 50 + 13 )

x = 37%

So, Marcus used 37% in batting cage.

Therefore, the statement by Marcus that he use 10% of the ticket in the cage is wrong.