Question

95. Suppose that 387 people will travel on a space shuttle with room for 420 people.Each compartment seats 14 people before the next compartment opens.How many people will ride in the last compartment that opened?

Answer 1

Assuming that in fact each compartment only holds 14 people, then since

387/14 = 27.6, we have

387 - 14*27 = 9