SOLUTION: A sports and entertainment center has 4/5 of its total area devoted to seating. The seats are for either general admission or reserved seating. If 3/8 of the total area is used for
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Question 1123179: A sports and entertainment center has 4/5 of its total area devoted to seating. The seats are for either general admission or reserved seating. If 3/8 of the total area is used for general admission seating, find the fraction of the total area used for reserved seating.
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A sports and entertainment center has 4/5 of its total area devoted to seating.
The seats are for either general admission or reserved seating.
If 3/8 of the total area is used for general admission seating, find the fraction of the total area used for reserved seating.
:
Let t = total area
t - t
the common denominator
t - t = t for reserved seating
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