It was reported that about 80% of airline tickets-nearly $65 billion worth last year are issued over the internet. What were the

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total sales of airline tickets last year? Round to the nearest billion

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frozen [14] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-10T05:57:45+03:00

Answer:

The answer is nearly $81 billion.

Step-by-step explanation:

If we know that 80% of airline tickets worth $65 billion, then $65=80\%\plus{Total_{tickets}}=0.8\plus{Total_{tickets}}\\$ .
Then,to know how much billion dollars worth the total tickets, we just have to clear out $Total_{tickets}$ of the equation, by dividing both sides by 0.8, which yields $\frac{65}{0.8}=Total_{tickets}=81.25$