Would it help if you wrote it as
?
Then you can cross multiply if you know how to do that.
1*x = (-11)(-3)
x = 33 but what happened to the 2 minus signs?
Remember that a ( - ) times a ( - ) = a plus. The two minus signs become a plus.
0.8 times 1200 is 960, which is the number of people when the theatre is 80% full.
Answer:
132.6 profit
Step-by-step explanation:
13 plus 30 percent
$16.9 times 40
$676
16.9 - 30%
$11.83 times 20
$236.6 plus 676
$912.6 - 13 × 60
$912.6 - $780
132.6 profit