SOLUTION: There are 71 rows of seats in a,lecture hall.each row has,38 seats the girls take up 281 of the seats and the rest are boys. How many boys are in the lecture hall?

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Question 1013769: There are 71 rows of seats in a,lecture hall.each row has,38 seats the girls take up 281 of the seats and the rest are boys. How many boys are in the lecture hall?
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Answer by ikleyn(52900) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 71 rows of seats in a lecture hall. Each row has 38 seats.
The girls take up 281 of the seats and the rest are boys. How many boys are in the lecture hall?
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71*38 - 281 = . . . (?)


Answer by Edwin McCravy(20064) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 71 rows of seats in a,lecture hall.each row has,38 seats 
That's 38 seats per row times 71 rows = 2698 seats, so there are 2698
students in all.

the girls take up 281 of the seats 
2698 seats - 281 girl's seats = 2417 seats for boys.

How many boys are in the lecture hall?
2417 boys.

Wow!  That's more that 8 1/2 times as many boys as girls!
Are you sure you have those given numbers right?

Edwin