An auditorium containing 646 seats was 17/19 filled. How many occupied seats were there?

Answer 1

To calculate the number of occupied seats, we need to multiply the total number of seats by the percent that was filled.

The auditorium has 646 seats, and it was 17/19 filled.

To calculate the proportion of seats that were filled, we divide 17 by 19:

17/19 = 0.895

Finally, we multiply this proportion by the total number of seats:

646 * 0.895 = 578.42

Since we cannot have a fraction of a seat, we round down to the nearest whole number.

Therefore, there were 578 occupied seats in the auditorium.