There were 4 times as many chairs as tables in the hall. After 95 chairs were removed from the hall, there were 2/3 as many tabl

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anzhelika [568]

3 years ago

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There were 4 times as many chairs as tables in the hall. After 95 chairs were removed from the hall, there were 2/3 as many tabl

es as chairs in left. What was the total number of chairs in the hall at first?

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g100num [7] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-19T22:40:06+03:00

g100num [7]3 years ago

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2/3 as many tables as chairs means 3/2 as many chairs as tables. So you can make the equation 4t-95=(3/2)t. Solving for t, the amount of tables, gets you 38 and there were originally 4 times that amount of chairs in the hall so there must have been 152 chairs at first.