Question

The school band sold 200 tickets to their concert. If 90 of the tickets were adult tickets, what percent of the tickets sold were adult tickets?

Answer 1

The `90` adult tickets sold were `45%` of the `200` tickets sold to the concert.

Explanation:

Since `90` tickets out of `200` were adult tickets, the percentage (represented as `x`) can be calculated by this equation:

`200xxx/100=90`

`2cancel(200)xxx/cancel(100)=90`

`2x=90`

Divide both sides by `2`.

`x=45`