Question

The community theater in Lowell has been seeing a 10% drop in attendance every year. If they sold 34,721 tickets this year, how many tickets can they expect to sell 2 years from now?If necessary, round your answer to the nearest whole number

Answer 1

Given that Lowell has been seeing a 10% drop in attendance every year.

The number of tickets sold this year is 34,721.

After one year, the number of tickets will reduce by 10%.

After one year, the number of tickets will be sell

$=34721-10\text{ \% of 34721}$

$=34721-\frac{10}{100}\times34721$

$=31248.9$

After one year,31249 tickets will be sold.

After two year, the number of tickets will be sell

$=31248.9-\frac{10}{100}\times31248.9$$=28124.01$

After two years from now, we can expect 28124 tickets will sell.