A crowd of 40,000 is watching a football game. A family of four has to

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A crowd of 40,000 is watching a football game. A family of four has to leave after one of their children has a tantrum. The number of people in the crowd after the family leaves is how many times the number of people in the family?

(A) 999
(B) 1,000
(C) 9,999
(D) 10,000
(E) 39,996

(A) 999 
(B) 1,000 
(C) 9,999 
(D) 10,000 
(E) 39,996

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Bunuel · Accepted Answer

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modiassumenda · Answer

Crowd before family leaves = 40,000 people
Family size = 4 people
Crowd after family leaves = 40,000 − 4 = 39,996 people
Number of times the crowd is as large as the family:
39,996 ÷ 4 = 9,999
So the number of people in the crowd after the family leaves is  9,999 times  the number of people in the family.
 Answer: C. 9,999 .

BongBideshini · Answer

(40k-4)/4 
= 10k-1 
= 9999
 Ans C

TheAdmissionHub · Answer

There are 40k people in the crowd, and a family of 4 leaves. Therefore, the number of people remaining is:  40k-4

We need to find how many times larger the remaining crowd is than the family:   \frac{40k-4}{4}

Shortcut : we can divide every term by 4:  \frac{40k-4}{4}=10k-1=9,999

Answer: C

GamePine · Answer

There is a crowd of 40k people including the family of 4. 4*10k is equal to 40,000. When you take away the family of four you have one less set of for so 10,000 (sets of four) - 1 (family of four) is 9,999.

nammolestias · Answer

number of people in the crowd after the family leaves=40000-4=39996
The number of people in the crowd after the family leaves is how many times the number of people in the family=39996/4=9999

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