Question

There was a surplus of office space in a city, with 400,000 square feet, or 16% of the total office space, vacant. How much office space did the city have?

Answer 1

`(16)/(100)*400.000 =16*4.000=64.000vacant \\ 400.000-64.000= 336.000`

So the answer is 336.000 square feet office space have the city.
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