Question

Of the 500 people who visited the Amazing Art Museum on Wednesday, 72% were adults. Explain how you would use equivalent ratios to find the number of adults who visited the museum on Wednesday.

Answer 1

Let
x--------> the number of adults who visited the museum on Wednesday

we know that
500 is the 100% of the people who visited the Amazing Art Museum on Wednesday
so
for 72% the ratio will be


`(500)/(x) = (100)/(72) \\ 500*72=x*100 \\ x= (500*72)/(100) \\ x=360`

the answer is 360 adults