Sapphire Island is open 7 days a week The park has 8 ticket booths and each booth hsa a ticket seller from 10 am to 5 pm. On average, ticket sellers work 30 hours per week

1. The park plans to hire 20 percent more than the minimum number of ticket sellers in order to account for sickness and vacation. How many ticket sellers should the park hire? Explain

Idk where to start

well, what is the minimum number of tellers?

To determine how many ticket sellers the park should hire, we first need to calculate the minimum number of ticket sellers required based on the park's operating hours and the average number of hours each ticket seller works.

The park is open 7 days a week, from 10 am to 5 pm. This means that the park operates for a total of (5 hours x 7 days) = 35 hours per week.

Since each ticket seller works an average of 30 hours per week, we divide the total operating hours (35) by the average working hours (30) to find the minimum number of ticket sellers required:

Minimum number of ticket sellers = Total operating hours / Average working hours
Minimum number of ticket sellers = 35 hours / 30 hours
Minimum number of ticket sellers ≈ 1.17

Since we can't hire 1.17 ticket sellers, we need to round up to the nearest whole number to determine the minimum number of ticket sellers. Therefore, the minimum number of ticket sellers required is 2.

Next, the park plans to hire 20 percent more than the minimum number of ticket sellers in order to account for sickness and vacation. To calculate this, we calculate 20 percent of the minimum number of ticket sellers and add it to the minimum number:

Additional ticket sellers = Minimum number of ticket sellers x 20%
Additional ticket sellers = 2 x 0.20
Additional ticket sellers = 0.4

Since we can't hire 0.4 of a ticket seller, we need to round up to the nearest whole number. Therefore, the park should hire 1 additional ticket seller.

In summary, the park should hire a minimum of 2 ticket sellers and an additional 1 ticket seller, bringing the total to 3 ticket sellers to account for sickness and vacation.