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You and your friend are selling tickets for the orchestra concert. On Thursday, you sold 15 tickets and your friend sold 10 tickets.

AWhat percent of the tickets sold on Thursday did you sell?

BOn Friday, you sold 9 tickets and your friend sold 16 tickets. What percent of the tickets sold on Friday did you sell?

CWhat percent of the total tickets sold on Thursday and Friday did you sell?

Verified Answer :

AOn Thursday, 25 tickets were sold in total, that means you sold 15/25. this is simplified to 3/5, which equals 60%.

b. On Friday, you sold 9/25 tickets. If you multiply both 9 and 25 by 4, you get 36/100, or 36%.

c. In total, 50 tickets were sold between the two days. You sold 24 (9+15) of them. 24/50 equals 48%

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