Question

last weekend, 5% of the tickets sold at sea world were discount tickets. If sea world sold 60 tickets in all, how many discount tickets did it sell? use the percent proportion

Answer 1

The percent proportion is a/b = p/100, where p is the percentage of the total fraction on the left side of the equation that you are trying to figure out.

We know that p=5, because p represents percentage, and the percentage 5% is equal to the fraction 5/100.  Also, we know that 60 = b, or the denominator as this is the entire portion that we are trying to figure out.

a/60=5/100

Now, we need to use cross products, or multiplying the numerator of one fraction by the denominator of the other, and setting them equal to one another.

100 * a = 60 * 5

If we simplify by multiplying, then we get the equation:

100a = 300

When we divide the variable by the coefficient, we get the equation

a=3

Therefore, sea world sold 3 discount tickets.