Question

Shaw's parking lot has spaces for 1,000 cars. 2/5 of the spaces are for compact cars. On Tuesday, there were 150 compact cars in the lot at 1:00 p.M. How many more compact car spaces were available? Work has to be shown.

Answer 1

250 cars

Explanation:

2/5 of the spaces are for compact cars:

1000*2/5=400

On Tuesday, there were 150 compact cars :

400-150=250 cars

250 compact car spaces were available