SOLUTION: A football stadium has a capacity of 53,983. If 47,892 fans attended the game, what percent of the seats were empty?

Question 1106497: A football stadium has a capacity of 53,983. If 47,892 fans attended the game, what percent of the seats were empty?
Answer by ikleyn(52905) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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 = 11.28%  (approximately).


The steps are:

    1.  Take the difference.

    2.  Divide the difference by the base value to get the fraction.

    3.  Multiply the fraction by 100 to convert it to percentage value.

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