Question

68% of the tickets sold at a water park were child tickets. If the park sold 50 tickets in all, how many child tickets did it sell?

Answer 1

`\boxed{\bf\: The \: park \: sold \boxed{ 34{}} \: child \: tickets.}`

Explanation:

Given:

Percentage of Tickets sold at a water park - 68%

The Number of Tickets if the park sold in all - 50

To Find:

The Number of child tickets the park sold.

Solution:

We know that 68% equals to 68/100.

Step 1: Multiply 68/100 by 50 which is the number of tickets the park sold :-

`\sf \: = \: \cfrac{68}{100} * 50`

Note:The Simplified form of 68/100 * 50 would be the answer to this question.

Step 2: Cancel One zero of 50 and one zero of 100,That is:-

`\sf = \cfrac{68}{ 10\cancel0} * 5 \cancel0`

Results to,

`\sf = \cfrac{68}{10} * 5`

Step 3: Cancel 5 and 10, That is:-

`\sf = \cfrac{68}{ \cancel{10 }} * \cancel5`

Results to,

`\sf =\: \cfrac{68}{2} * 1`

`\sf = \cfrac{68}{2}`

Step 4: Cancel 68 and 2, That is:-

`\sf =\: \cfrac{ \cancel{68}}{ \cancel2}`

Results to,

`\sf = \cfrac{34}{1}`

`\sf = 34`

34 is the result.

Hence,

`\underline{ \rm \: The \: park \: sold \: \bold{ 34 } \: child \: tickets.}`

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