Question

There are 88 seats in a theater. The seating in the theater is split into 4 identical sections. Each section has 14 red seats and some blue seats.

write an exspression

Answer 1

x = 8

Explanation:

Let x be the number of blue seats in each section.

Then the total number of seats in each section is:

14 + x

Since there are 4 identical sections, the total number of seats in the theater is:

4(14 + x) = 56 + 4x

We know that the theater has 88 seats, so:

56 + 4x = 88

Simplifying the equation:

4x = 32

x = 8

Therefore, each section has 14 red seats and 8 blue seats.

The expression for the number of blue seats in each section is x = 8.

Answer 2

• 4(14 + b) = 88

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Let b be the number of blue seats.

There are 4 sections, each has 14 red and b blue seats, with the total number of seats being 88.

The equation to reflect this would be:

• 4(14 + b) = 88

Its solution would be:

• 14 + b = 88/4
• 14 + b = 22
• b = 22 - 14
• b = 8