C. What is the capacity of the airplane? An airplane is carrying 180 passengers. This is 9/10 of the capacity of the airplane. What is the capacity of the airplane?

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Ernest Jumbe · Answer 1 · 2021-01-19T21:30:08+0000

Answer:

the capacity of the airplane be 200 passengers

Explanation:

According to the question, the data provided is as follows

Number of passengers in an airplane = 180

Capacity =
(9)/(10)

Based on the above information

Let us assume the capacity of the airplane be x

So the equation would be

$(9)/(10) * x = 180\\\\\\x = (1,800)/(9)$

So x = 200

Therefore the capacity of the airplane be 200 passengers

We simply applied the above equation so that the capacity of the airplane could come