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Sue was giving her TedX talk at UChicago. She knew that there were 300 seats in the auditorium, and counted 20 empty seats. How many people were in the audience?

Details and assumptions

Every person takes up 1 seat.

Sue is giving the talk, and is not in the audience.


The answer is 280.

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18 solutions

Kathi Allphin
Nov 17, 2013

Sue knew that there were 300 seats total. She also knew that there were 20 empty seats. To find out how many seats are taken, just subtract the number of empty seats from the total number of seats. 300 - 20 = 280

300-200=? i hope you can solve this....

it was an eye catcher 200 or 20 ;lol

Ujjwal Mani Tripathi - 7 years, 6 months ago

Can you use words to explain what you mean?

Calvin Lin Staff - 7 years, 6 months ago
Stephen Liu
Nov 17, 2013

There were a total of 300 seats, enough to seat 300 people. If there were 20 empty seats, then there must have been 300 20 = 280 300-20=\boxed{280} people in the audience.

Aashish Patel
Apr 16, 2014

It is so simple . Total seats=300. Empty seats=20 Number of people=300-20=280. So there are 280 peoples in the auditorium.

Iranna Hubballi
Mar 24, 2014

300-20=280.

Lakshmi Tumati
Jan 4, 2014

If there are 300 seats in the auditorium, and all but 20 are filled, that means you have to subtract 300 by 20 to figure out how many people were in the audience. After subtracting, you get your answer as 280. The correct answer is 280.

Subtract the number of seats occupied from the total number of seats in the auditorium

300-20=280

Subtraction

Jaimeline Marcelo
Nov 24, 2013

300-20= 280. :D

Shubham Thakkar
Nov 23, 2013

It's simple. Since there are a total of 300 seats and 20 are empty, 300 - 20 = 280 seats are occupied.

Sharky Kesa
Nov 22, 2013

300 20 = 280 300-20=280

This is simple subtraction.

PRince Uxi
Nov 21, 2013

simple is that total seats =300 empty seats=20 how many=? sol: 300-20=280 like a boss.

Sagar Sharma
Nov 21, 2013

easy 300 - 20

Can you explain in words what you mean?

Lino Demasi - 7 years, 6 months ago

Total number of seats in the auditorium = 300 Number of vacant seats = 20 Therefore, The number of people in the audience = 300 - 20 = 280

there were 300 seats in the auditorium, and counted 20 empty seats. so, 300 - 20 = 280 peoples

280 peoples at the auditorium

Raja Fakirchandra
Nov 18, 2013

its simple.

300-20=280

Can you use words to explain what you mean?

Calvin Lin Staff - 7 years, 6 months ago
Nurin Zunah
Nov 17, 2013

300 seats - 20 empty seats = 280 full seats

Ewerton Cassiano
Nov 17, 2013

1.Total = 300, Empty = 20

  1. S: = T - E =
  2. 300 - 20 = 280 \boxed{280}

I understand your explanation but maybe it would be better if you also included what each letter stands for.

Maggie Wu - 7 years, 6 months ago

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S is the Total

Ewerton Cassiano - 7 years, 6 months ago

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I only used this to put the answer in a variable

Ewerton Cassiano - 7 years, 6 months ago
Rakhmat Muliawan
Nov 17, 2013

(300 - 20) = 280

THE TOTAL NUMBER IN THE AUDITORIUM SHOULD BE 281 IF WE CONSIDER SUE ALSO

Pranjal Rajawat - 7 years, 6 months ago

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The question is how many Audience. Sue is not an audience, she was the presenter

A Former Brilliant Member - 7 years, 6 months ago

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