Question
Washington Middle School sold 405 tickets to the annual musical production for Friday night. If the tickets sold for Friday night were only 45 percent of the total tickets sold, how many total tickets were sold for the production?
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900
450
590
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900
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To find the total number of tickets sold for the production, we can set up an equation based on the information given. The tickets sold for Friday night (405) represent 45% of the total tickets sold.
Let \( x \) be the total number of tickets sold. We can express the relationship as:
\[
0.45x = 405
\]
Now, we solve for \( x \):
\[
x = \frac{405}{0.45}
\]
Calculating the right side:
\[
x = \frac{405}{0.45} = 900
\]
Thus, the total number of tickets sold for the production is \( 900 \).
The correct answer is \( \boxed{900} \).
Let \( x \) be the total number of tickets sold. We can express the relationship as:
\[
0.45x = 405
\]
Now, we solve for \( x \):
\[
x = \frac{405}{0.45}
\]
Calculating the right side:
\[
x = \frac{405}{0.45} = 900
\]
Thus, the total number of tickets sold for the production is \( 900 \).
The correct answer is \( \boxed{900} \).