Question

at a football game 95% of people attending were supporting the home team while 5% were supporting the visiting team. if the total number of people attending the game was 4000 how many people attending were supporters of the home team ?

Answer 1

3800

Explanation:

The first step you want to do is make a proportion

x/4000=95/100

Next you are going to cross multiply which his 4000 times 95 equals 380000 and then multiply 100 times x which is 100x.

Then you are going to divide both sides by 100 and you will cross out the x from the 100 and get only x and then divide 380000 divided by 100 and 3800

Which leaves you with x=3800

3800 people were attending to support the home team

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