Answer:
3,724 lottery tickets were sold.
Explanation:
When you say percent, it means a part for every one hundred. So when you say 74% it can be expressed as the fraction:
[tex]\dfrac{74}{100}[/tex]
To determine how many tickets were sold, you need to find a fraction or a ratio that is proportional to 74/100 where 5032 is proportional to 100.
[tex]\dfrac{x}{5,032} = \dfrac{74}{100}\\\\x = \dfrac{74\times5,032}{100}[/tex]
[tex]x = \dfrac{372,368}{100}=3,723.68\; tickets\:were\:sold[/tex]
But since you cannot sell only part of a ticket, we round that up to the nearest whole number:
3,724
