manager at a sports arena that draws an average of 2,700 patrons per event. each ticket taker can process…

manager at a sports arena that draws an average of 2,700 patrons per event. each ticket taker can process 125 event - goers per event. how many ticket takers should barbara hire? (round up to a whole number.) 22 23 24 25

manager at a sports arena that draws an average of 2,700 patrons per event. each ticket taker can process 125 event - goers per event. how many ticket takers should barbara hire? (round up to a whole number.) 22 23 24 25

Answer

Answer:

B. 23

Explanation:

Step1: Set up division formula

Let $n$ be the number of ticket - takers. We use the formula $n=\frac{\text{Total patrons}}{\text{Patrons per ticket - taker}}$. Here, the total number of patrons is 2700 and the number of patrons per ticket - taker is 125. So $n = \frac{2700}{125}$.

Step2: Calculate the quotient

$n=\frac{2700}{125}=21.6$.

Step3: Round up

Since we can't have a fraction of a ticket - taker and we need to be able to process all the patrons, we round 21.6 up to the next whole number. So $n = 22$. But this is wrong. The correct calculation is $2700\div125 = 21.6$, and when we round up for the number of staff needed to handle all patrons, we get 23.