Identify each step in the 5 step process for solving a word problem and use it to solve the following word problem.

An 800 car parking lot is divided into 3 sections. There are 270 spots in section 1, and 150 more in section 2 than section 3. How many spots are in section 2?

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Identify each step in the 5 step process for solving a word problem and use it to solve the following word problem. 

 
An 800 car parking lot is divided into 3 sections.  There are 270 spots in section 1, and 150 more in section 2 than section 3.  How many spots are in section 2?

directrix · Answer

Please post the "5 step process for solving a word problem." Thanks.

pyxieyt · Answer

Now i will try to lead you to an answer without giving it to you

directrix · Answer

An example of the process is applied to a problem here: http://tinyurl.com/o9jbz35

mathmale · Answer

It may help to sketch this situation, showing that the 800-car parking lot is divided into three sections.
Next, represent the unknowns.  In this problem the capacity of the first sub-lot is given and is 270 cars.  That's a known, not an unknown!  Let the (unknown) number of cars in section 3 be x.  How would you represent the number of cars in section 2 in terms of x, the number of cars in section 3?

The total number of cars is 800.  This is equal to the sum of the number of cars in each of the three sections:  800 = 270 + (          ?         )  + x

mathmale · Answer

Can you finish this, by solving for x, and then showing, on your sketch, how many cars are in each of the 3 different sections?