If 5% of the total sale is 125 dollars what is the value of the ticket sale

So the question is

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5% of total sale is 125

'of' means mutiply

'is' means equals

percent means parts out of 100

5%=5/100=1/20

so now we have

1/20 times total sale=125

multiply both sides by 20 to clear fraction

20/20 times total sale=2500

1 times total sale=2500

total sale=2500

answer is total sale=$2500