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A middle school took all of its 6th grade students on a field trip to see a symphony at a theater that has 2940 seats. The students left 35% of the seats in the theater vacant. How many 6th graders went on the trip?

User Gudnithor
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Answer:

1,911 students I think

Explanation:

if you multiply 2,940 by 35% (or multiply it by 0.35) you get 1,029, then you subtract 1,029 from 2,940 to get 1,911

Please correct me if I'm wrong

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