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Problem-Solving and Data Analysis / Percentages Difficulty: Easy

There are a total of $840$ seats in a school auditorium. During an assembly, students occupied $50 percent sign$ of the seats in the auditorium. How many seats did the students occupy during this assembly?

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Explanation

Choice C is correct. It's given that during an assembly, students occupied $50 percent sign$ of the $840$ seats in the school auditorium. Therefore, the number of seats that the students occupied during this assembly can be calculated by multiplying the number of seats in the school auditorium by $StartFraction 50 Over 100 EndFraction$ . Thus, the students occupied $840 left parenthesis StartFraction 50 Over 100 EndFraction right parenthesis$ , or $420$ , seats during this assembly.

Choice A is incorrect. This is approximately $3 percent sign$ , not $50 percent sign$ , of $840$ .

Choice B is incorrect. This is approximately $6 percent sign$ , not $50 percent sign$ , of $840$ .

Choice D is incorrect. This is approximately $94 percent sign$ , not $50 percent sign$ , of $840$ .