Question

The ratio of the number of people outside a theater to the number people inside the theatre is 2: 3. if the total number of seats in the cinema hall is 150 find the number of people who cannot enter the theater because the tickets are not available

Answer 1

hey!!

here is your answer >>>

we can solve this problem using the ratio and priportion method!

2:3::X : 150

product of extremes is equal to product of means!

so,

(2)(150) = 3x

=>>>

300 = 3x

x = 100!

Number of people outside the theatre are 100!

Hope this helps!