Question

Texas airlines lose 32,400 passengers last week the airline use only airplanes that have a capacity of 216 passengers which equation to find out how many airplane Texas airline has when a equals the number of airplanes.


A. 32,400 = 216 divide by a
B. 32,400=a - 216
C. 32,400= a + 216
D. 32,400 = 216 • a

Answer 1

Answer:

D. $32,400=216\cdot a$

Step-by-step explanation:

Let $a$ equals the number of airplanes.

Last week, the airline use only airplanes that have a capacity of 216 passengers, then $a$ airplanes can hold

$216\cdot a$ passengers.

If 32,400 passengers are in total, then

$32,400=216\cdot a$