A rectangular auditorium seats 936 people. The number of seats in each row exceeds the number of rows by 10. Find the number of seats in each row.

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Nat Ritmeyer · Answer 1 · 2023-08-04T11:30:15+0000

Let 'x' be the number of seats in a single row, and 'y' be the total number of rows in the rectangular auditorium.

Then the total number of seats will be,

$\begin{gathered} =\text{Seats per row}\cdot\text{ Number of rows} \\ =x\cdot y \end{gathered}$

Given that total seats are 936,

$xy=936\ldots(1)$

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