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A theater sells 11 comma 150 tickets for 50 ​sold-out showings of the same movie. Write a division equation you can use to find the number of people who bought tickets for each showing. Use what you know about dividing with larger numbers to solve the equation.
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Part 1
Let t be the number of people who bought tickets for each showing. Choose the correct division equation below.
A.t divided by 11 comma 150 equals 50
tdivided by11 comma 150equals50
B.11 comma 150 divided by 50 equals t
11 comma 150divided by50equalst
C.50 divided by 11 comma 150 equals t
50divided by11 comma 150equalst
D.t divided by 50 equals 11 comma 150
tdivided by50equals11 comma 150

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Total tickets = 11,150, number of showings = 50, so t (tickets per showing) = 11,150 ÷ 50. That's option B.

Compute: 11,150 ÷ 50 = (11,150 ÷ 10) ÷ 5 = 1,115 ÷ 5 = 223.

So t = 223 people per showing.