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A plane has 360360360 total seats, which are divided into economy class and business class. For every 131313 seats in economy class, there are 555 seats in business class.

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Answer:

260 in economy and 100 in business

Step-by-step explanation:

360=13x+5x

360=(13+5)

360/18 = x

x=20

so each set must increase 20 times to reach the total amount of seats.

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Here is the full question A plane has 360 total seats, which are divided into economy class and business class. For every 13 seats in economy class, there are 5 seats in business class.
How many seats are there in each class?

Total seats in economy class : 13
Total seats in business class 5
________ +
18



260/18 = 14 8/18

Total seats:
(14 x 13 Economy) + (14 x 5 business) + (8 Business)

= 182 Economy + 70 Business + 8 Economy

= 190 Economy + 70 Business
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