Question

A stadium has 50,000 seats. Seats sell for $25 in section A, $20 in section B, and $15 in section C. The number of seats in section A equals the total number of seats in Sections B and C. Suppose the stadium takes in $1,071,000 from each sold-out event. How many seats does each section hold?

Answer 1

Answers:

section A = 25,000 seats

section B = 14,200 seats

section C = 10,800 seats

Your teacher may want you to leave out the commas from each number.

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Work Shown:

• A = number of seats in section A
• B = number of seats in section B
• C = number of seats in section C

A = B+C

A+B+C = 50,000

B+C+B+C = 50,000

2(B+C) = 50,000

B+C = 50,000/2

B+C = 25,000

C = 25,000 - B

25A + 20B + 15C = 1,071,000

25(B+C) + 20B + 15C = 1,071,000

25(25,000) + 20B + 15(25,000 - B) = 1,071,000

625,000 + 20B + 375,000 - 15B = 1,071,000

1,000,000 + 5B = 1,071,000

5B = 1,071,000 - 1,000,000

5B = 71,000

B = (71,000)/5

B = 14,200 is the number of seats in section B

C = 25,000 - B

C = 25,000 - 14,200

C = 10,800 is the number of seats in section C

A = B+C

A = 14,200 + 10,800

A = 25,000 is the number of seats in section A

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Check:

A+B+C = 25,000+14,200+10,800 = 50,000