A PT teacher asks 4000 students to stand in a way that the number of rows is equal to the number of columns. Find the number of rows if 31 students were left after the arrangement.
Q. A PT teacher asks 4000 students to stand in a way that the number of rows is equal to the number of columns. Find the number of rows if 31 students were left after the arrangement.
Subtract students: First, subtract the 31 students who can't fit into the square formation.4000−31=3969 students can be arranged in a square.
Find number of rows: Now, to find the number of rows, take the square root of 3969 because the number of rows is equal to the number of columns in a square.3969=63
Calculate rows: So, the number of rows is 63.
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