Question

A movie theater sells 11,550 tickets for 50 sold-out showings of the same movie. Write a division equation that you can use to find the number of people who bought tickets for each showing.

Answer 1

231.

Explanation:

Let x represent number of people who bought tickets for each showing.

We have been given that a movie theater sells 11,550 tickets for 50 sold-out showings of the same movie.

Since there are 50 sold-out showings, so number of people in 50 sold-out showing would be
`50x`.

Now, we will equate number of people in 50 sold-out showing with total tickets sold as:

`50x=11,550`

Upon dividing both sides by 50, we will get:

`(50x)/(50)=(11,550)/(50)`

`x=231`

Therefore, there are 231 people who bought tickets for each showing.