Question

A movie theater sold 1,500 tickets on

Saturday. Of those tickets, 15% were for
comedy, 10% were for drama, and 50%
were for action. How many tickets sold
were NOT for comedy, drama, or action
movies?

Answer 1

375 tickets were not comedy, drama, or action.

What you would do is add up all the percents: 15%+10%+50%=75%

Then multiply that by 1500: 1500 x 0.75= 1125

Then you would subtract 1125 from 1500: 1500-1125=375

Answer 2

375 tickets

Explanation:

1. Add 15%, 50%, and 10% together to get 75%.

2. Subtract 75% from 100% to get 25%.

3. Multiply 1,500 by 0.25 (the decimal equivalent to 25%) to get 375.

4. You can also do it individually by multiplying 15% by 1,500 then 10% by 1,500 and 50% by 1,500 and adding them together and then subtracting it by 1,500. However, this would take much more work.