Kayla and her friend are setting up chairs for a school play. Each row will contain the same number of chairs. Kayla knows that there are 96 chairs in all. She wants there to be 8 rows. Kayla needs to know how many chairs, c, should be in each row.
Which equation represents the situation?
1. 8 + c = 96
2. 96 = c + 8
3. 96c = 8
4. 8c = 96
Option 4. 8c = 96 represents the situation where there are 8 rows and the total number of chairs is 96.
How many chairs are in each row?
There are ? chairs in each row.
Divide both sides of the equation by 8 to solve for c:
8c = 96
c = 96/8
c = 12
Therefore, there are 12 chairs in each row.