Question

Each floor of a hotel has r rooms. On 8 floors, there are a total of 256 rooms. Write an equation to represent this situation.

Answer 1

8r=256... so 32 rooms per floor.

Answer 2

Answer:
`8r =256`

Explanation:

Given : Each floor of a hotel has r rooms.

Then, Total number of rooms in 8 floors will be:-

8 x Number of rooms in each floor

Total number of rooms in 8 floors = 8r (1)

Also, On 8 floors, there are a total of 256 rooms.

⇒
`8r =256` [from (1)]

Hence, the equation represents the given situation will be :-

`8r =256`