Question

The first aircraft has 88 more seats than the second aircraft. The third aircraft has 16 fewer seats than the second aircraft. If their total number of seats is 384​, find the number of seats for each aircraft.

Answer 1

The first aircraft had 192 seats, the second aircraft had 104 seats and the third aircraft had 88 seats

What is an equation?

An equation is an expression that shows the relationship between two or more numbers and variables.

An independent variable is a variable that does not depends on other variable while a dependent variable is a variable that depends on other variable.

Let a represent the sits in the first aircraft, b represent the second aircraft and c represent the third aircraft.

The first aircraft has 88 more seats than the second aircraft. Hence:

a = b + 88    (1)

Also, The third aircraft has 16 fewer seats than the second aircraft:

c = b - 16     (2)

If their total number of seats is 384​:

a + b + c = 384   (3)

From the three equations:

a = 192, b = 104, c = 88

The first aircraft had 192 seats, the second aircraft had 104 seats and the third aircraft had 88 seats

Find out more on equation at: https://brainly.com/question/2972832

#SPJ1