Question

In a hotel, 40 people occupy excatly 26 rooms. Each room is occupied by either one or two people. How many rooms are occupied by exactly one person?

Answer 1

Answer: 12 rooms

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's say that the first 26 people will occupy each of the 26 rooms. This means that, so far, there's one person per room.

There are 40-26 = 14 people left. Let's say those 14 people occupy the first 14 rooms. This means that the first 14 rooms now have 2 people in them per room. The remaining 26-14 = 12 rooms still have one person per room.