An office manager needs to decide between two tables for the conference room. One is rectangular, 5 feet wide by 10 feet long. T
he other is a circle with an 8-foot diameter. Which table can seat more people? Explain your answer be sure to support your answer using facts about the tables.
To find which table the office manager needs to get so he can sit more people at it is decided by one factor, the perimeter. The rectangular one, which is 5 x 10 the perimeter is (5 x 2) + (10 x 2) = 10 + 20 = 30. The circular one can be calculated by the equation where d = 8. Putting x 8 in my calculator and it comes out approximately at 25.132, having a less amount of perimeter space to work with, making the rectangular table the way to go.
