Question

The football team at Salem College plays in an old stadium that seats 25,220 people. This stadium will be demolished and a new one built that can hold 95% more fans. What will be the seating capacity of the new, bigger stadium?

Answer 1

The seating capacity of the new stadium will be 49,179 people.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the seating capacity of the new stadium, we need to calculate 95% more than the seating capacity of the old stadium.

The old stadium has a seating capacity of 25,220.

To find 95% of this capacity, we can multiply it by 0.95.

So, 25,220 x 0.95

= 23,959.

Therefore, the seating capacity of the new stadium will be:

23,959 + 25,220 = 49,179 people.