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.
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300-200=? i hope you can solve this....
it was an eye catcher 200 or 20 ;lol
Can you use words to explain what you mean?
There were a total of 300 seats, enough to seat 300 people. If there were 20 empty seats, then there must have been 3 0 0 − 2 0 = 2 8 0 people in the audience.
It is so simple . Total seats=300. Empty seats=20 Number of people=300-20=280. So there are 280 peoples in the auditorium.
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
It's simple. Since there are a total of 300 seats and 20 are empty, 300 - 20 = 280 seats are occupied.
3 0 0 − 2 0 = 2 8 0
This is simple subtraction.
simple is that total seats =300 empty seats=20 how many=? sol: 300-20=280 like a boss.
Can you explain in words what you mean?
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
its simple.
300-20=280
300 seats - 20 empty seats = 280 full seats
1.Total = 300, Empty = 20
I understand your explanation but maybe it would be better if you also included what each letter stands for.
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S is the Total
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I only used this to put the answer in a variable
THE TOTAL NUMBER IN THE AUDITORIUM SHOULD BE 281 IF WE CONSIDER SUE ALSO
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The question is how many Audience. Sue is not an audience, she was the presenter
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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