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A middle school took all of its 6th grade students on a field trip to see a ballet at a theater that has 1600 seats. The students filled 77% of the seats in the theater. How many 6th graders went on the trip? Please Help

User Qpirate
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Answer: 3842.

Same explanation is the first person.
User Kurt Bourbaki
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Answer:

You need to find 84% of 4200 to get the amount of students. First change the percent to a decimal, and multiply 0.84 x 4200.

There were 3528 total students at the theater.

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