Carcass wrote:
When tickets to a certain concert went on sale yesterday, 40,000 tickets were available. Half of the tickets were sold in the first hour, and 80 percent of the remaining tickets were sold in the second hour. How many tickets were available two hours after tickets went on sale
yesterday?
(A) 2,000
(B) 3,000
(C) 4,000
(D) 6,000
(E) 8,000
Half of the tickets were sold in the first hour....So, after the first hour, there were
20,000 tickets remaining
...and 80 percent of the remaining tickets were sold in the second hour.If 80% of the
20,000 tickets were SOLD, then 20% of the
20,000 tickets REMAIN
20% of the
20,000 = (0.2)(20,000) = 4,000
Answer: C