Question 1102819: When Jorge took his place in the marching band, he noticed that he was 10th from the front, 7th from the back, 3rd from the left, and 8th from the right in a rectangular formation. How many people are in the marching band?
Found 2 solutions by ankor@dixie-net.com, ikleyn:
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! When Jorge took his place in the marching band, he noticed that he was 10th from the front, 7th from the back, 3rd from the left, and 8th from the right in a rectangular formation.
How many people are in the marching band?
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Vertically: 10 + 7 = 17
Horizontally: 3 + 8 = 11
Therefore
17 * 11 = 187 people in the band
Answer by ikleyn(52781)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
The column length is 9 + 1 + 6 = 16 people.
The row length is 2 + 1 + 7 = 10 people.
In all, there are 16*10 = 160 people in the band.
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