Question

74% of the lottery tickets were sold. If the number of lottery tickets was 5032 how many total tickets were sold

Answer 1

Answer:

3,724 lottery tickets were sold.

Explanation:

When you say percent, it means a part for every one hundred. So when you say 74% it can be expressed as the fraction:

$\dfrac{74}{100}$

To determine how many tickets were sold, you need to find a fraction or a ratio that is proportional to 74/100 where 5032 is proportional to 100.

$\dfrac{x}{5,032} = \dfrac{74}{100}\\\\x = \dfrac{74\times5,032}{100}$

$x = \dfrac{372,368}{100}=3,723.68\; tickets\:were\:sold$

But since you cannot sell only part of a ticket, we round that up to the nearest whole number:

3,724