In a populated city, there are 850 parking spots available. Two-thirds of the parking spots are occupied. How many parking spots remain vacant?
To find out how many parking spots remain vacant, we need to calculate the number of spots that are currently occupied and then subtract that from the total number of parking spots.
First, we need to calculate the number of parking spots that are currently occupied. We know that two-thirds (2/3) of the parking spots are occupied. To find this value, we can multiply the total number of parking spots by 2/3:
Occupied spots = (2/3) * 850
Now, let's calculate this:
Occupied spots = (2/3) * 850
Occupied spots = (2/3) * 850 = 1700/3 ≈ 566.67
Since it's not possible to have a fraction of a parking spot, we have to round the result to the nearest whole number. In this case, we can round it down to 566.
Finally, to find the number of vacant spots, we subtract the number of occupied spots from the total number of spots:
Vacant spots = Total spots - Occupied spots
Vacant spots = 850 - 566
Vacant spots = 284
Therefore, there are approximately 284 parking spots that remain vacant.
To find the number of parking spots that are occupied, we need to calculate two-thirds of the total number of parking spots available.
Two-thirds of 850 can be calculated by multiplying 850 by 2/3:
(850) * (2/3) = 1,133.33
However, since we are dealing with parking spots, we cannot have a fraction of a parking spot. Therefore, we round down to the nearest whole number:
1,133.33 rounds down to 1,133
So, there are 1,133 parking spots occupied.
To find out how many parking spots remain vacant, we subtract the number of occupied spots from the total number of spots:
850 (total) - 1,133 (occupied) = -283
However, we cannot have negative parking spots, so this means that there are 0 parking spots remaining vacant.