Question

Hue is arranging chairs. She can form 6 rows of a given length with 3 chairs left over, or 8 rows of that same length if she gets 11 more chairs. Write and solve an equation to find how many chairs are in that row length. How many chairs are in each row?

Answer 1

Let's assume that there are x chairs in each row.
According to the given information, we have two equations:
1) x * 6 + 3 = x * (6+8)
2) 6x + 3 = 14x
First, we simplify equation 1:
6x + 3 = 14x
Subtracting 6x from both sides:
3 = 8x
Dividing both sides by 8:
x = 3/8
Therefore, there are 3/8 chairs in each row or 0.375 chairs in each row.