An amusement park sold 27 child tickets. The other 23 tickets it sold were adult tickets. What is the ratio of the number of adult tickets to the total number of tickets?

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asked Jan 21, 2023 65.7k views

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Neil Lunn · Answer 1 · 2023-01-25T11:02:04+0000

Answer:

23/50

Explanation:

27 + 23 = 50 (Implying that 50 is the total amount of tickets).

23 of them were sold to adults, so basically 23/50.

Remember a ratio can be written in 3 forms, so it can be either of these:

23:50

23/50

23 to 50