Question

Eurostar is a high-speed railway service connecting

London with Paris and Brussels.
In February, 350,000 passengers travelled by Eurostar.
Each train has 15 carriages and each carriage has 32 seats.
How many trains would be needed
to seat 350,000 passengers?
If all the empty seats are on
the last train, find:
the number of empty carriages
you could make;
the number of empty seats across
all the other carriages.

Answer 1

730 trains would be needed to seat 350,000 passengers , 10950 carriages would be needed and 350400 seats would be required

Explanation:

Number of carriages in 1 train = 15

Number of seats in 1 carriage = 32

Number of seats in 15 carriages =
`32 * 15 =480`

So, Number of seats in 1 train = 480

Number of trains needed to seat 350,000 passengers=
`(350000)/(480)=730`

Number of carriage in 1 train = 15

Number of carriage in 730 trains =
`15 * 730=10950`

Number of seats in 1 carriage = 32

Number of seats in 10950 carriage =
`32 * 10950=350400`

Hence 730 trains would be needed to seat 350,000 passengers , 10950 carriages would be needed and 350400 seats would be required