Question

At a wedding reception, an equal number of guests were seated at 9 round tables. The 14 people in the wedding party were seated at a rectangular table. There were 104 people at the reception altogether. Which equation could you use to find the number of guests, n, seated at each round table?

Answer 1

n= the number of people seated at the round tables

there were 9 tables, same number of people at each table

number of people at the 9 round tables: 9n

it is known that 14 people present at the wedding were seated at a rectangular table

and the total number of guests was 104

What equation could you use to find the number of guests, n, seated at each round table?

9n+14=104

9n=104-14

9n=90

n=90/9=10

there were 10 people seated at each of the 9 round tables