The opening ceremony of Nanxi Town Primary and Secondary School is held in the auditorium. The seats in the auditorium are 8 rows, each row has 168 seats. Now there are 17 seats vacant. How many people attended the opening ceremony?
南溪镇中小学在大礼堂举行开学典礼，礼堂座位是8排，每排有168个位置．现在位置空出了17个，一共有多少人参加这个开学典礼？
<gadget id="calculator">168 * 8</gadget>
<output>1_344</output>

<gadget id="calculator">1_344 - 17</gadget>
<output>1_327</output>

<result>1_327</result>