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First you need to find how much the increase from January to April is: 5000 - 2000 = 3000.

Then you compare this increase to the January sales: 3000/2000 = 1.5.

To turn into a percent, move your decimal place 2 places to the right and add %. This is an increase of 150%.

Hope that helps!

April ticket sales / January ticket sales =

5000 / 2000 = 2.50

To determine percentage, you move the decimal to the right two spots.

Thus the answer is 250%

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