Question

51% of the tickets sold at a school carnival were early-admission tickets. If the school sold 100 tickets in all, how many early-admission tickets did it sell?

Answer 1

51 were the total number of the tickets sold at a school carnival were early-admission tickets.

Explanation:

Total number of tickets sold by = 100

Let
`x` be the early-admission tickets sold by the school.

As 51% of the tickets sold at a school carnival were early-admission tickets.

so

`x=(51)/(100)* 100`

`= 51`

Therefore, 51 were the total number of the tickets sold at a school carnival were early-admission tickets.