Question

At a graduation dinner, an equal number of guests were seated at each of the 4 large tables, and 8 late-arriving guests were seated at a smaller table. There were 48 guests in all

Answer 1

4n + 8 = 48

Explanation:

In the situation you described, there are 4 large tables with an equal number of guests seated at each table. Let’s represent the number of guests at each large table with the variable n. There are also 8 late-arriving guests seated at a smaller table. The total number of guests at the dinner is 48. So we can write an equation to represent this situation: 4n + 8 = 48, where 4n represents the total number of guests seated at the 4 large tables and 8 represents the number of late-arriving guests seated at the smaller table.