HELP PLEASE! An hour before show time, only 108 people are seated for a musical performance. According to the ticket sales, 97% of the people have yet to arrive. How many ticket…

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Jonathan Wickens · Answer 1 · 2022-09-30T06:07:47+0000

Answer:

3600 tickets were sold for the musical performance.

Explanation:

Given that:

Number of people seated for musical performance = 108

Percent to people to arrive yet = 97%

It means that the people who have already come are 3%.

Let,

x be the number of tickets sold.

3% of x = 108

$(3)/(100)x=108\\$

0.03x = 108

Dividing both sides by 0.03

$(0.03x)/(0.03)=(108)/(0.03)\\x=3600$

Hence,

3600 tickets were sold for the musical performance.