Sapphire Island is open 7 days a week. The park has 8 ticket booths, and each booth has a ticket seller from 10 am to 5 pm. On average ticket sellers work 30 hours per week
The park plans to hire 20 percent more than the minimum number of ticket sellers in order to account for sickness, vacations, and lunch breaks. How many ticket sellers should the park hire? Explain
Idk how to find the min number of sellers
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To determine the number of ticket sellers the park should hire, we need to find the minimum number of ticket sellers required and then calculate 20 percent more than that number.
First, let's calculate the minimum number of ticket sellers required. Sapphire Island is open 7 days a week, and each ticket booth has a seller from 10 am to 5 pm. This means the ticket booths are operational for a total of 7 hours per day.
Since each ticket seller works 30 hours per week, we can calculate how many ticket sellers are needed each day:
Ticket sellers needed per day = (total operational hours per day) / (working hours per ticket seller)
Ticket sellers needed per day = 7 hours / 7 hours per ticket seller
Ticket sellers needed per day = 1 ticket seller
So, the minimum number of ticket sellers required per day is 1.
Next, we need to calculate 20 percent more than the minimum number of ticket sellers. To find 20 percent more, we first need to calculate 20 percent of the minimum number of ticket sellers and then add it to the minimum number.
20 percent of 1 = (20 / 100) * 1 = 0.2
Now, let's add the calculated value to the minimum number:
Ticket sellers to be hired = minimum number of ticket sellers + 20 percent more
Ticket sellers to be hired = 1 + 0.2
Ticket sellers to be hired = 1.2
Since we cannot hire a fractional number of ticket sellers, we should round up to the nearest whole number. Therefore, the park should hire 2 ticket sellers to account for sickness, vacations, and lunch breaks.
In conclusion, the park should hire 2 ticket sellers.