Question

Marcus bought a booklet of tickets to use at the amusement park. He used 50% of the tickets on rides, 13of the tickets on video games, and the rest of the tickets in the batting cage. Marcus says he used 10% of the tickets in the batting cage. Do you agree? Explain.

Answer 1

Given :

Marcus bought a booklet of tickets to use at the amusement park.

He used 50% of the tickets on rides, 13% of the tickets on video games, and the rest of the tickets in the batting cage.

To Find :

Marcus says he used 10% of the tickets in the batting cage.

Solution :

We know sum of all the percentage should be equal to 100.

So,

( % used on rides ) + ( % used on video game ) + ( % used in batting cage ) = 100

Let, % of ticket spend on batting cage is x.

50 + 13 + x = 100

x = 100 - ( 50 + 13 )

x = 37%

So, Marcus used 37% in batting cage.

Therefore, the statement by Marcus that he use 10% of the ticket in the cage is wrong.

Answer 2

No, i do not agree. To find this out, we will have to convert all of them into either decimals or percents. Let's convert these all into percents. A percent means 'out of 100', so if we add the percents all together, they should equal to 100. The rides is 50%. To convert 1/3 into a percent, divide the numerator by the denominator. You will get a decimal, so then multiply that by 100 or move the decimal two places to the right. So, 1 divided by 3 is equal to approximately 33%. Let's add 50 and 33 together. The total is 83%. So, like I said, a percent is out of 100. Subtract 83 out of 100 and you will get 17. So, the remaining percent has to be 17 percent, not 10%.

Hope it helps :)