Question

A total of 17,100 seats are still available for the next hockey game. If 62% of the tickets are sold, how many seats are in the arena?

Answer 1

45,000 seats are in the arena

Answer 2

The total number of seats in the arena is 45000.

Explanation:

Let the total number of seats in the arena be x.

It is given that 62% of the tickets are sold. it means 38% seats are still available.

A total of 17,100 seats are still available for the next hockey game.

`(38)/(100)x=17100`

Multiply both sides by 100.

`38x=1710000`

Divide both sides by 38.

`x=(1710000)/(38)`

`x=45000`

The value of x is 45000. Therefore the total number of seats in the arena is 45000.