Question

Sun Devil stadium holds 73,379 people in the stands. At an Arizona State University football game, Darrel observed that about 10% of the seats were empty. Which of these would be a good estimate for the number of people attending that game?

a.)63,000 people

b.)69,000 people

c.)66,000 people

d.)60,000 people

Answer 1

To get 10% of a number, move the decimal point one place to the right. You get roughly 7338. Take that number and subtract from your total.

Answer 2

Left* sorry

Answer 3

subtract 7738 from whaa ?

Answer 4

im a litto confused . . .

Answer 5

73,379

Answer 6

Basically if 10% of the seats are empty, 90% are full. So you take 10% of the total seats (7338) and subtract that number from the total amount of seats (73,379)

Answer 7

so the totaL wouLd be around c ? is that correct ?

Answer 8

Yes :)

Answer 9

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