Question

There will be 40 guests at the tennis club's banquet. Every 3 tables can seat 8 people. How many tables will they need?

A. 5
B. 10
C. 15
D. 20

Answer 1

The tennis club needs 15 tables to seat 40 guests, as every 3 tables can seat 8 people.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how many tables are needed for 40 guests at the tennis club's banquet with every 3 tables seating 8 people, we need to calculate the total number of tables required. Since every 3 tables seat 8 people, we divide the total number of guests by 8 to find out how many sets of 3 tables we need.

The calculation is as follows:

1. Divide 40 (number of guests) by 8 (number of guests per 3 tables): 40 / 8 = 5.
2. Since we know 3 tables seat 8 guests, we multiply the 5 sets of 3 tables needed by 3 to find the total number of tables needed: 5 x 3 = 15.

Therefore, the tennis club will need 15 tables to seat all 40 guests.