Question

there are 120 seats in the balcony.if these 120 seats are 1by 5 of the total seats, what is the total number of seats in the theatre?

Answer 1

let the total number of seats be x then

1/5 of x = 120

⇒ x = 120 X 5

⇒x = 600

therefore total number of seats is 600.

Answer 2

Hello,

Let the total number of seats be x.
It is just a assumption for making our calculations easy...

Give,
There are 120 seats in the balcony and these seats are 1/5 of the totals seats.

So,
$120 = \frac{1}{5} x \\ 120 = \frac{x}{5} \\ x = 600$

Total number of seats = 600

Hope it helps!