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A middle school took all of its 6th grade students on a field trip to see a play at a

theater that has 1080 seats. The students filled 35% of the seats in the theater. How
many 6th graders went on the trip?

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Answer:

there are 378 students

Explanation:

you can see this as a simple proportion.

You know that the 100% of the seats are 1080 and you need to know the 35% of the seats, so you do:


(1080)/(100) = (x)/(35)

so you do

x = 35 * 1080 ÷ 100 which gives 378

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