% increase = Increase ÷ Original Number × 100. If the answer is a negative number, that means the percentage change is a decrease.
With a 12% discount, 18.48 is the price per ticket (2.52 per ticket saved). In order to determine the amount of tickets, we divide the saved amount by the amount saved per ticket.
819/2.52 is 325.
There were 325 tickets purchsed.
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