Question

In the restaurant there are 12 square tables. Only one person can sit on each side. What is the greatest number of people that can be seated if the tables are pushed end to end into one large rectangle?

Answer 1

The maximum number of people would be 48 if the tables weren't pushed together because 12x4=48. But because they are pushed together that eliminates 2 sides for the middle tables (10 of them) and it eliminates 1 side of the 2 end tables. So the final answer is 48-20-2 which is 26.

Answer 2

The max people who can b seated is 48 because a square has 4 sides and there r 12 tables. 12x4= 48. Hope you have a great school year ❤️