A classroom will seat 80 people. If 56 seats are filled, what percentage of the seats are filled?

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Answer 1

To find the percentage of filled seats, you can use the formula:

\[ \text{Percentage} = \left( \frac{\text{Number of filled seats}}{\text{Total number of seats}} \right) \times 100 \]

In this case:

• Number of filled seats = 56
• Total number of seats = 80

Now plug the values into the formula:

\[ \text{Percentage} = \left( \frac{56}{80} \right) \times 100 \]

Calculating this gives:

\[ \text{Percentage} = 0.7 \times 100 = 70% \]

Therefore, 70% of the seats are filled. The correct answer is 70.