Eurostar is a high-speed railway service connecting
London with Paris and Brussels.
In February, 350,000 passengers travelled by Eurostar.
Each train has 15 carriages and each carriage has 32 seats.
How many trains would be needed
to seat 350,000 passengers?
If all the empty seats are on
the last train, find:
the number of empty carriages
you could make;
the number of empty seats across
all the other carriages.

Respuesta :

Answer:

730 trains would be needed  to seat 350,000 passengers , 10950 carriages would be needed and 350400 seats would be required

Step-by-step explanation:

Number of carriages in 1 train = 15

Number of seats in 1 carriage = 32

Number of seats in 15 carriages =[tex]32 \times 15 =480[/tex]

So, Number of seats in 1 train = 480

Number of trains needed  to seat 350,000 passengers=[tex]\frac{350000}{480}=730[/tex]

Number of carriage in 1 train = 15

Number of carriage in 730 trains = [tex]15 \times 730=10950[/tex]

Number of seats in 1 carriage = 32

Number of seats in 10950 carriage =[tex]32 \times 10950=350400[/tex]

Hence 730 trains would be needed  to seat 350,000 passengers , 10950 carriages would be needed and 350400 seats would be required