Question

The Country Buffet restaurant has tables that seat 6 people and booths that can seat 4 people. The restaurant has 38 seating units for seating a total of 188 people. Write a system of equations and use it to find the number of tables and the number of booths that are at the restaurant?
Define your variables for this system.

Answer 1

Answer:

There are 20 booths and (38 - 20), or 18, tables

Step-by-step explanation:

Represent the number of tables with t and the number of booths with b.

We need to find the values of t and b.

(6 people/table)(t) + (4 people/booth)b = 188           (units are "people")

t + b = 38                                                                      (units are "seating units")

Solving the second equation for t, we get 38 - b = t.

Substitute 38 - b for t in the first equation:

(6 people/table)(38 - b) + (4 people/booth)b = 188

Then solve for b:   6(38) - 6b + 4b = 188, or:

228 - 2b = 188, or 2b = 228 - 188, or 2b = 40.  Thus, b = 20   (booths)

There are 20 booths and (38 - 20), or 18, tables.