What maths is needed to do this question

Could you have used a different strategy?

Can you tell me how many people sit at 20 tables in a row?
What could you have done differently?
 We can do this
with algebra

What is changing
What stays the same

No of No of
tables chairs
2(n-2) + 6 1 4
2n +2
2 6
3 8
4 10
Could you do another way? Did you check
the answer?