Question

The $10 ticket costs 25% more than it did last year. Calcuate the cost last year.

Answer 1

Answer:

$ 8

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the cost of the ticket last year be $ 'X'

The cost of the ticket this year is 25% more than 'X'

⇒ 25% x X + X = 10

⇒ 25/100 x X + X = 10

⇒ 1/4X + X = 10

LCM

⇒ (1X + 4X)/4 = 10

⇒ 5X/4 = 10

⇒ 5X = 40

⇒ X = 40/5

∴ X = 8

So the cost of the ticket last year was $8.

Hope this helped!