Question

Hue is arranging chairs. She can form 3 rows of a given length with 5 chairs left over, or 8 rows of that

same length if she gets 10 more chairs. Complete the equation and solve it to find how many chairs are in
that row length. In your equation, use the variable x to represent the number of chairs in each row.
The equation is....
There are...
chairs in each row.

Answer 1

14 chairs

Explanation:

Let the given length of 1 row is x chairs

3 rows of a given length with 5 chairs left over -> 3x+5 = total number of chairs.

8 rows of that same length if she gets 10 more chairs -> 8x-10 = total number of chairs.

Hence,

3x+5=8x-10 = total number of chairs.

5=5x-10

15=5x

x=3

Hence total number of chairs = 3*3+5 = 14 chairs