Question

A school conference room can seat a maximum of 83 people. The principal and two counselors need to meet with the school’s student athletes to discuss eligibility requirements. If each student must bring a parent with them, what is the maximum number of students that can attend each meeting?

Answer 1

if you have only 83 seats, and 3 of which are being occupied by the principal and two counselors, (3 people that will always be at the meetings) you only have 80 seats for the students and the parents. If each student brings only 1 parent with them, divide 80 by 2 ( 2 is a pair of student and parent ) you will have 40 seats. You can only invite 40 Students

Answer 2

The maximum number of students that can attend each meeting is:

40

Explanation:

A school conference room can seat a maximum of 83 people.

The principal and two counselors need to meet with the school’s student athletes to discuss eligibility requirements.

Let there be x students,there will be x parents

that means x+x+3≤83

Subtracting both sides by 3,we get

2x≤80

dividing both sides by 2,we get

x≤40

Hence, the maximum number of students that can attend each meeting is:

40