Question

In the movie theater there are 1000 seats. 850 of the seats were sold, what percent of the seats were empty?

Answer 1

15%

Skills needed: Percentages

Explanation:

1) First, let's find out the number of empty seats, and then go onto finding the percent of empty seats.

---> There are 1000 seats, and 850 are full:

------>
`100-850=150` empty seats

2) In order to get a percentage, let's first make a fraction:

`(150)/(1000)` (empty seats over the total # of seats)

--->
`(15)/(100)` is the simplified form, and this just means 15%.

(Remember:
`x\%=(x)/(100)` --> 2% =
`(2)/(100)`)

Answer 2

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Here's the solution ~

Number of empty seats is equal to ;

`{ \qquad{ \sf{ \dashrightarrow}}}  \:  \: \sf \:1000 - 850`

`{ \qquad{ \sf{ \dashrightarrow}}}  \:  \: \sf \:150`

Percentage of empty seats is ;

`{ \qquad{ \sf{ \dashrightarrow}}}  \:  \: \sf \: (150)/(1000) * 100`

`{ \qquad{ \sf{ \dashrightarrow}}}  \:  \: \sf \: (150)/(10)`

`{ \qquad{ \sf{ \dashrightarrow}}}  \:  \: \sf \: {15}{} \%`