Noah noticed 12 seats were empty in the theater at Cinemaworld. If 8% of the seats are empty, how many seats are in the theater altogether?

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Answer 1 · 2016-02-29T10:45:14

Total number of seats in the theater =150
The number of filled seats in the theater = 138

Let the number of total seats in the theater be S.

Let the number of filled seats in the theater be F.

Given that

#0.08S= 12#

#=>S=12/0.08#

#=>S=1200/8#

#=>S=150#