The goal of a benefit concert is to collect 50,000 cans of food. Food is collected at each entrance to the concert. The voluntee
rs collect 15,682 cans at entrance A; 18,940 cans at entrance B; 16,114 cans at entrance C; and 12,468 cans at entrance D. Did they collect more or fewer cans than desired? How many more or fewer?
Calculate the sum of cans collected at each entrance:
They collected more than what they had planned. To calculate how much more, the 50000 should be subtracted from the number of cans that were actually collected:
