The answer for that is .. 17?
This essentially means 12-8
|| means absolute value which is the distance from 0 the number is
Basically it’s the number but positive
So the answer is 4
4 tables. 4*4 is 16, meaning that even if 4 players want to sit together it doesn't make a difference. With 16 players and 4 at a table we are going to need 4 tables.
If it takes eight men ten hours, it would take seven men nine hours, six men eight hours, five men seven hours and that brings us to the answer you need. It would take four men six hours.
