Question

An Airbus A380 has 1 first-class section, 1 business-class section and 4 economy-class sections. The first-class section has 14 seats. 5 are being used. Are more than half the seats on the plane being used? You must show your working. The business-class section has 64 seats. 5 are being used. 16 Each economy-class section has 108 seats. 5 in each section are being used. 9 Note: Following your working, your final line must clearly say YES or NO.

Answer 1

To find out if more than half of the seats on the plane are being used, we need to calculate the total number of seats on the plane and the number of seats that are being used. The total number of seats being used is 30 out of 510, which is approximately 5.88%. Therefore, more than half of the seats on the plane are not being used.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out if more than half of the seats on the plane are being used, we need to calculate the total number of seats on the plane and the number of seats that are being used.

For the first-class section, there are 14 seats in total and 5 are being used. For the business-class section, there are 64 seats in total and 5 are being used. And for the economy-class section, there are 4 sections with 108 seats each, so a total of 432 seats, and 5 seats are being used in each section.

To calculate the total number of seats being used, we add the number of seats being used in each section: 5 + 5 + (5 * 4) = 30.

Since the total number of seats on the plane is 14 + 64 + 432 = 510, and the number of seats being used is 30, we can calculate the percentage of seats being used by dividing 30 by 510 and multiplying by 100. This gives us a percentage of approximately 5.88%.

Since 5.88% is less than 50%, we can conclude that more than half of the seats on the plane are not being used.