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Question 9

A roller coaster has 4 cars, each with the same number of seats. There are 21 passengers seated in
the roller coaster, but 3 seats are empty. Write an equation that can be used to determine the
number of seats in each car.

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MrRoyal

Answer:

[tex]4n = 24[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

[tex]Cars = 4[/tex]

[tex]Empty = 3[/tex]

[tex]Occupied = 21[/tex]

Required

Determine an equation to find number of seats

Let the number of seats in each car be represented by n;

If [tex]1\ car = n[/tex]

Then:

[tex]4\ cars = 4 * n[/tex]

[tex]4\ cars = 4 n[/tex]

This implies that there are 4n total seats

Solving further:

[tex]Occupied\ Seats + Empty\ Seats = Total[/tex]

Substitute values for the above parameters:

[tex]21 + 3 = 4n[/tex]

[tex]24 = 4n[/tex]

Reorder

[tex]4n = 24[/tex] ---- This equation can be used to solve for n

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