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A plane has fees for 420 passengers 15% of the seats are empty how many passengers are on the plane​

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Answer:

357 passengers

Explanation:


(x)/(420)=(85)/(100) (The
(85)/(100) is 85% of the 100% people because 15% is missing)

When you cross-simplify you get:
(x)/(21)=(85)/(5) which is
(x)/(21)=17

Finally, multiply 17 by 21 to get x.

Therefore, x=357

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