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An auditorium contains 224 occupied seats and was 7/11 filled. How many empty seats were there?

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Answer:

128 seats

Explanation:

7/11 = 224 seats

11/11 = ?

(11/11 × 224) ÷ 7/11

224 ÷ 7/11 =

224 × 11/7 = 352 seats(total number of seats)

352 - 224 = 128 seats