when 120 guests take seat in an auditorium,only 34 of the seats occupied.what is the total number of seats in the auditorium? Ans : 160,How it possible?

With your data, I don't know. You still don't proofread your question.

If "120 guests take seat(s) in an auditorium" wouldn't 120 seats be "occupied"?

when 120 guests take seat in an auditorium,only 34 of the seats unoccupied.what is the total number of seats in the auditorium? Ans : 160,How it possible?

since 120+34 = 154, I don't see how there could be 160 seats in all.

Maybe 6 seats were occupied by staffers or sneak-ins, not guests.

To find the total number of seats in the auditorium, you need to use the information given in the problem.

The problem states that when 120 guests take their seats, only 34 seats are occupied. This implies that the remaining seats are unoccupied.

So, to find the total number of seats in the auditorium, you need to add the occupied seats to the unoccupied seats.

Occupied seats = 34.

Unoccupied seats = Total seats - Occupied seats.

Since the unoccupied seats are not given directly, you can subtract the occupied seats from the total number of guests to get the unoccupied seats.

Unoccupied seats = Total seats - Occupied seats = 120 - 34.

Now, you can calculate the unoccupied seats, which is equal to 120 - 34 = 86.

Finally, to find the total number of seats, add the occupied seats and the unoccupied seats:

Total seats = Occupied seats + Unoccupied seats = 34 + 86 = 120.

Therefore, the total number of seats in the auditorium is 120. It seems there was an error in the answer you provided (160).