Question

Marcus bought a booklet of tickets to use at the amusement park. He used 25% of the tickets on rides, 1 2 of the tickets on video games, and the rest of the tickets in the batting cage. Marcus says he used 23% of the tickets in the batting cage. Do you agree? Complete the explanation.

Answer 1

Answer: Do not agree.

Explanation:

To determine if we agree with Marcus, we need to verify if the percentages he used on rides, video games, and batting cage add up to 100%.

Marcus used 25% of the tickets on rides and 1/2 on video games. So, the total percentage of tickets he used is:

25% + 1/2 × 100% = 25% + 50% = 75%

This means that Marcus should have used 25% of the tickets in the batting cage. If he said he used 23% of the tickets in the batting cage, then we do not agree with him.