Question

Eight hundred tickets are sold for a play. Thirty-five percent of those tickets were sold in advance. Which equation can be

used to find the number of tickets sold in advance?
800-8 100
O 35--8" 4.375
O
100-8 12.5
800-8100
35x8 280
800X8 6400
O
35x8 280
100x8800

Answer 1

35% of 800

35% = 0.35

0.35 × 800 = 280

Your answer is 280 tickets ; 0.35 × 800