Question

The youth club have four-man tents and three-man tents. What is the least number of tents they need to take to accommodate the 15 campers?

x four-man tents
x three-man tents

Answer 1

3 four-man tents will accommodate 12 campers, and 1 three-man tent will accommodate the remaining 3 campers. Thus, four is the minimum number of tents required.