Question

A school band sold 432 tickets for their upcoming spring concert. This represents about 85.5% of the number of tickets sold last year. How many tickets were sold last year? Round to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

Answer:

505

Step-by-step explanation:

Based on the question, we know that the original value multiplied by .855 will equate to 432:

${tickets}_{lastyear}*0.855=432$

Dividing each side by 0.855 results in the amount of tickets sold last year:

${tickets}_{lastyear}\approx505.263$

We round to the nearest whole number of 505.