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

Answer:

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

Step-by-step 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

$x=\frac{51}{100}\times 100$

  $= 51$

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