Question

Nico works at a ticket booth at a movie theater. He sold 65 child tickets, 260 adult tickets, and 175 senior tickets to a movie that was recently released. What percent of the tickets Nico sold to the movie were adult tickets

Answer 1

52% of the tickets Nico sold to the movie were adult tickets.

Explanation:

At a theater:

Total number of child tickets sold = 65

Total number of Adult tickets sold = 260

Total number of Senior tickets sold = 175

Now,

total number of tickets sold by Nico = Child tickets + Adult tickets + Senior tickets

= 65 + 260 + 175 = 500

So, in total Nico sold 500 tickets at the theater.

Now,
`\textrm{Percentage of adult ticket sold}  = \frac{\textrm{Total number of adult ticket sold }}{\textrm{Total number of tickets }}  * 100`

=
`(260)/(500)  * 100  = 52`

or, Percentage of adult tickets sold = 52%

Hence, 52% of the tickets Nico sold to the movie were adult tickets.