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At an outdoor party location the table seat 12 guests each The party host invited 163 people and nine people respond that would not attend what is the fewest number of tables needed to see all of the guests attending the party A 12 B 13 C 14 D 15

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To find the number of tables needed for the guests attending the party, we first need to calculate the number of guests who will attend.

  1. Calculate the number of guests attending:

    • Total invited: 163
    • Not attending: 9
    • Attending = 163 - 9 = 154

  2. Calculate the number of tables needed:

    • Each table seats 12 guests.
    • To find the number of tables, divide the number of attending guests by the number of guests per table and round up since you can't have a fraction of a table. \[ \text{Number of tables} = \frac{154}{12} \approx 12.8333 \]
    • Rounding up gives us 13 tables.

Thus, the fewest number of tables needed is 13 (option B).