Question

At a football stadium, 10% of the fans in attendance were teenagers. If there were 250 teenagers at the football stadium, what was the total number of people at the stadium?

Answer 1

2500

Explanation:

Answer 2

2500 people

Explanation:

There are several ways of figuring this one out, we could do a proportion

`(10\%)/(100\%) = (250)/(x)`

Cross multiply and divide

10x = (250)(100)

10x = 25000

Dividing both by 10

x = 2,500 people were at the stadium