Question

Nico works at a ticket booth at a movie theater. He sold 65 child tickets, 260 adult tickets, and 175 senior tickets to a movie that was recently released. What percent of the tickets Nico sold to the movie were adult tickets

Answer 1

Answer:

52% of the tickets Nico sold to the movie were adult tickets.

Step-by-step explanation:

At a theater:

Total number of child tickets sold  = 65

Total number of Adult tickets sold  = 260

Total number of Senior tickets sold  = 175

Now,

total number of tickets sold by Nico =  Child tickets  + Adult tickets  + Senior tickets

= 65 + 260 + 175 = 500

So, in total Nico sold 500 tickets at the theater.

Now, $\textrm{Percentage of adult ticket sold} = \frac{\textrm{Total number of adult ticket sold }}{\textrm{Total number of tickets }} \times 100$

= $\frac{260}{500} \times 100 = 52$

or, Percentage of adult tickets sold  = 52%

Hence, 52% of the tickets Nico sold to the movie were adult tickets.