Question

the plane that delta airlines uses to travel from New York to Los Angeles has a total of 80 seats. On the most recent flight, only 4/5 of the seats were filled with passengers. Of those filled with passagers 3/4 were people traveling for business. How many people on the flight were traveling for business?

Answer 1

48

Explanation:

If only 4/5 of the 80 seats were filled, then 4/5*80=64 of the seats were filled. Of those filled, if 3/4 were travelling for business, then 3/4*64=48 of the people were travelling for business. Hope this helps!