Question

A football stadium sells regular and box seating. There are twelve times as many

regular seats as there are box seats. The total capacity of the stadium is 10,413. How
many box seats are in the stadium? How many regular seats?

Answer 1

There are 801 box seats and 9612 regular seats.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the number of box seats be x,

Then the regular seats is 12x

The sum of seats equals to 10,413

Solve:

12x + x ➙ 10,413

13x ➙ 10413

x ➙ 801

There are 801 box seats.

Find for regular seats:

➙ 12(x)

➙ 12(801)

➙ 9612

There are 9612 regular seats.