SOLUTION: At the opening of the movie, "The Big Bus" the theatre was filled to a 80% capacity. There were 720 people in the theatre at the opening of the movie. What was the theatre's capaci

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Question 421094: At the opening of the movie, "The Big Bus" the theatre was filled to a 80% capacity. There were 720 people in the theatre at the opening of the movie. What was the theatre's capacity?
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the capacity =


the theatre's capacity was 900 people

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