Question

The fairview high school community of 1854 students and 58 teachers attended a specail performance of a play at a local theatre the theartre has 49 rows with 48 seats in each row A) where any seats empty? How do u know? B) if ur answer to part a is yes find the number of empty seats

Answer 1

A) where any seats empty? How do u know?

Yes, there were empty seats.

B) if ur answer to part a is yes find the number of empty seats

440 empty seats

Explanation:

A) where any seats empty? How do u know?

Yes there were empty sits

B) if ur answer to part a is yes find the number of empty seats

We are told that the theater had the theartre has 49 rows with 48 seats in each row

This means the total number of seats in the theater =

49 × 48 = 2352 seats

The total number of people in the theater

= Number of teacher + Number of Students

= 1854 + 58 = 1912 people

This means 1912 seats were occupied

The number of empty seats = 2352 - 1912

= 440 seats