math word problem help

Question

A popular movie debuted in 5840 theaters and earned an average of $12,724 per cinema the weekend of the debut. Find the amount that the movie earned in it's first weekend?

Answer 1

All we're doing here is rearranging the average formula (average = total/how many things we have). In this case we know the average and the number of theaters, so multiply the average amount of money earned and multiply by the amount of theaters.

5840 x 12,724 = $74,308,160