SOLUTION: OF the 600 people at amusic festival, 420 had attended the previous year. How many people out of 100 had attended the previous year?

Algebra ->  Percentage-and-ratio-word-problems -> SOLUTION: OF the 600 people at amusic festival, 420 had attended the previous year. How many people out of 100 had attended the previous year?      Log On


   

Question 1142134: OF the 600 people at amusic festival, 420 had attended the previous year. How many people out of 100 had attended the previous year?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Of the 600 people at a music festival, 420 had attended the previous year.
How many people out of 100 had attended the previous year?
:
let x = no. out of 100
x%2F100 = 420%2F600
Cross multiply
600x = 100 * 420
x = 42000/600
x = 70 out of 100 attended the previous year