Question

Please help me on this please

Answer 1

`\boxed{\mbox{\large{\quad 54\quad }}} \quad\text{ 25\% of last year's attendance}\\\\\boxed{\mbox{\large{\quad 216\quad }}}\quad\text{100\% of last year's attendance}\\\\`

Explanation:

If we let x be the number of attendees last year then since this year's attendees 270 is 125% of x we get

125% of x = 270

125% as a decimal = 125/100 = 1.25

So we get the equation
1.25x = 270

Divide by 1.25 to get

1.25x/1.25 = 270/1.25

x = 216

So there were a total of 216 attendees last year

25% of last year attendees = 0.25 x 216 = 54