Question

20% of the number of people who attended a concert arrived late. If 60 people arrived late, find the number of people who attended the concert.

a) 200
b) 300
c) 600
d) 1200

Answer 1

To find the number of people who attended the concert, divide the number of people who arrived late by the percentage of people who arrived late. In this case, the number of people who attended the concert is 300.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the number of people who attended the concert, we need to divide the number of people who arrived late by the percentage of people who arrived late. Let's call the total number of people who attended the concert N. We know that 20% of N equals 60, so we can set up an equation: 0.20N = 60. To solve for N, we divide both sides of the equation by 0.20. This gives us N = 60/0.20, which simplifies to N = 300. Therefore, the number of people who attended the concert is 300.