Question

A restaurant has two different seating options: a table and a family booth. A table can seat 4 people, and a family booth can seat 10 people. The restaurant has a maximum capacity of 242 people. If the restaurant has 19 family booths, which inequality could be used to find t, the number of tables in the restaurant?

Answer 1

Answer: 242 = 190 + 4t

Step-by-step explanation:

You know that the maximum capacity of the restaurant is 242 people, meaning that at most there can only be that many customers seated at that time. Normally, the equation would be 242 = 10b + 4t, but since you already know the number of booths, your work is cut in half, giving you 242 = 10(19) + 4t. The equation would be this because you have the capacity being equal to the number of tables x the number of people at each table and the number of booths x the number of people seated at each of them.