Question

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

Answer 1

How many chairs are in each row?
There are ? chairs in each row.

Answer 2

Option 4. 8c = 96 represents the situation where there are 8 rows and the total number of chairs is 96.

Answer 3

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.