SOLUTION: when the home team scored, 78 percent of the crowd stood and cheered, and the rest were dejected. if 8800 were dejected, how many stood and cheered?

Question 1179014: when the home team scored, 78 percent of the crowd stood and cheered, and the rest were dejected. if 8800 were dejected, how many stood and cheered?
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let the total number of crowd be
percent of , or , stood and cheered, were dejected

-> total number
how many stood and cheered?
deduct from

or
find percent of

so, stood and cheered

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