Question

A baseball stadium has 15,002 seats. The lower level has 50 fewer than three times as many seats as the upper level. The middle level has 40 more than twice as many seats as the upper level. You solved for x and found that the upper level has 2,502 seats.

How many seats are in the lower level?


How many seats are in the middle level?

Answer 1

There are 7456 seats on the lower level and there are 5044 seats on the middle level.

Explanation:

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Answer 2

There are 7456 seats on the lower level and there are 5044 seats on the middle level.

Explanation:

Let 'X" be the number of seats on the upper level. Then we can find how many seats are on the lower level by solving the following equation...

# of seats on the lower level = 3x - 50

# of seats on the lower level = 3(2502) - 50

# of seats on the lower level = 7456

Now we just make the equation for the number of seats on the middle level, and so we get...

# of seats on the middle level = 2x + 40

# of seats on the middle level = 2(2502) + 40

# of seats on the middle level = 5044