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11 March, 15:50

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

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  1. 11 March, 16:40
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    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.
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