The table at a restaurant can each seat 8 people. Adinner at the restaurant will be attended by 125 people. How many tables does the restaurant need in order for every person at the dinner to have a seat?

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anonymous · Answer

Well first split the people into groups of 8, since thats how many seats you get per table

125 people/ 8 seat per table = 15.5165 tables

but since everyone needs a seat and you can't have 0.5165 of a table, you have to round up to 16 tables

anonymous · Answer

approximately  15 tables