SOLUTION: a crowd of 62,094 fans filled 85%of the Ponmet Stadium Saturday to veiew the Lion's first game in their new home. What is the capacity of the Ponmet Stadium?
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: a crowd of 62,094 fans filled 85%of the Ponmet Stadium Saturday to veiew the Lion's first game in their new home. What is the capacity of the Ponmet Stadium?
This question is from textbook mathematics for health occupations
Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
From the problem, we know two things:
62,094 people were at the stadium
AND
this represented 85% of the stadium
.
If x = total capacity of the stadium
then mathematically:
.85x = 62094
x = 62094/.85
x = 73052 (this is the capacity)
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