To find: number of people who are in the line for concert tickets.
Answer to Problem 38E
603
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
Number of people ahead you in the ticket line is 200.
Total line is three times of the number of people behind you.
Calculation:
Let the number of people in a line be l, number of people behind you be b and number of people in front of you be f.
The equation for the given two statements would be as follows:
Substitute the value of f and l in equation (1) and solve as follows:
Now, substitute the value of b in equation (3) and evaluate l as shown below.
Therefore, the number of people who are in the line for concert tickets is 603.
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