Question

lving - Homework Due Mon 08/26/2019 11:59 pm For his wife's birthday. Mr. Jones is planning a dinner party. There will be 22 people attending. Mr. Jones plans to form one large, rectangular table using card tables, the size that seats one person on each side. Assuming he doesn't own any card tables, what is the smallest number of tables he needs to borrow to do this? What other arrangement of card tables would seat 22 people? Points possible: 1 This is attempt 1 of 3

Answer 1

Solution: The smallest number of tables Mr. Jones needs to borrow to seat 22 people in a rectangle shape is 10.

Then this will seat 10 people each on the larger sides and one each n the smaller sides. Thus, it will seat 22 people in a rectangular manner.

Thus, The smallest number of tables he needs to borrow is 10.

Other arrangements of card tables can be that in a straight line.

Thus, a linear arrangement would also seat 22 people. (But not with smallest number of tables, of course.)

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