If I have two tickets for a football match. this represents 0.00005 of the total tickets sold. How many tickets were sold ?
2 is to 0.00005 as x is to 1
expressed as
2/0.00005 = x/1
cross multiply and solve for x
To solve the equation (2/0.00005) = (x/1) and find the value of x, you can cross multiply and solve for x.
Cross multiplying gives:
2 * 1 = 0.00005 * x
Simplifying further:
2 = 0.00005x
To isolate x, divide both sides of the equation by 0.00005:
2 / 0.00005 = x
This will give you the value of x:
x = 40,000
Therefore, 40,000 tickets were sold for the football match.