Question

A school has two types of tables: round tables with 6

seats and rectangular tables with 8 seats. For a
fundraising event, they filled the gym with 25 tables,
for a total of 190 seats.
. Use x for the number of round tables.
• Use y for the number of rectangular tables.

Write an equation for the number of tables

Answer 1

x + y = 25
6x + 8y = 190

These are your system of operations equations. After writing these, you must solve for each variable. Like this:

x = -y +25
6(-y +25) + 8y = 190
-6y + 150 +8y = 190
2y = 40
y = 20

x + 20 = 25
x =5

Your answer is (5,20)