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a total of 17,100 seats are available for the next hockey game. If 62% of the tickets have been sold how many seats are in the arena
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a total of 17,100 seats are available for the next hockey game. If 62% of the tickets have been sold how many seats are in the arena

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a(100-62)/100=17100 multiply both sides by 100

a(100-62)=1710000 combine like terms on left side

38a=1710000 divide both sides by 38

a=45000

So the arena has a total of 45000 seats.
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