Question

Russel was scheduled to leave on his vacation when major snowstorm cane through and canceled three-fourths of the flights out of the airport. There were 496 flights scheduled for that day. How many flights were able to leave the airport?

Answer 1

124 flights will leave the airport.

Explanation:

Let the number of flights that will leave be 'x'.

Given:

Total number of flights (N) = 496

Flights that got cancelled (C) = Three-fourths of total flights

Now, number of flights that got cancelled is given as:

`C=(3)/(4)* 496\\\\C=(1488)/(4)\\\\C=372`

Now, total flights = Total flights cancelled + Total flights that will leave

Framing in equation form, we get:

`N=C+x`

Plug in the given values and solve for 'x'. This gives,

`496=372+x\\\\x=496-372\\\\x=124`

Therefore, 124 flights will leave the airport.