Question

at the county fair , 12% of the pepole who attended received free water bottels . if 1,500 people receive dfree water bottles , how many pepole went to the fair

Answer 1

12500 people went to fair

Solution:

Given that at the county fair , 12% of the people who attended received free water bottles

1,500 people received free water bottles

To find: number of peoples went to fair

Let "a" be the number of peoples went to fair

From given information,

12% of the people who attended received free water bottles and 1,500 people received free water bottles

Which means 12% of total people is equal to 1500

12% of total people = 1500

12 % of "a" = 1500

$\frac{12}{100} \times a = 1500\\\\a = 1500 \times \frac{100}{12}\\\\a = \frac{150000}{12} = 12500$

Thus 12500 people went to fair