Question

A theatre has seats arranged in rows of 24, three hundred eighty -two(382) people attend a show at the theatre. What is the smallest number of rows that is needed to seat these people?

Answer 1

Smallest number of rows that is needed to seat these people = 16

Explanation:

Given - A theatre has seats arranged in rows of 24, three hundred eighty -two(382) people attend a show at the theatre.

To find - What is the smallest number of rows that is needed to seat these people?

Solution -

Given that,

Total number of seats in a Row = 24

Let us assume that, there are x rows

As.

There are 382 people in the Theatre

So,

Minimum seats required is

24 x = 382

⇒x = 382 ÷ 24

⇒x = 15.91

i.e.

Smallest number of rows that is needed to seat these people = 16