Question

An amusement park sold 473 discount tickets and 77 full price tickets. What percentage of the tickets sold were discount tickets?

Answer 1

`\text{ 86\% of the tickets were discounts tickets.}`

Explanation:

Percents are represented by the following equation:

`\text{ Total}\cdot\frac{\text{ percent}}{100}=\text{ Equivalent number to the percent}`

Then, if 550 tickets were sold and 473 of them were discount tickets:

`\begin{gathered} 550\cdot\frac{\text{percent}}{100}=473 \\ \text{percent}=(473\cdot100)/(550) \\ \text{percent}=\text{ 86\%} \end{gathered}`