Question

1. there were 136 students and 34 adults in the concert. if 85% of the seats were filled how many seats are in the auditorium?

2. 40% = 32/x

Answer 1

1) the auditorium would seat 200
2)100%= 80

Answer 2

1. 136+34= 170 total concertgoers. If we divide 170 by 85, we get 2; so each percentage point equals 2. Multiply 2 by a hundred and you get 200 people in total

2. Is this question to solve for X? in that case, we can solve it easier in the form
`(40)/(100) = (32)/(x)`

then we try and dive them the same numerator by multiplying each by the other:
`(12800)/(32000) = (12800)/(40x)`

This tells us that
`32000 = 40x`

so
`x=80`.