We have a group of 169 students that needs to be seated in a square formation. Then, the number of rows has to be the square root of 169 :-
[tex]r = \sqrt{169} = 13[/tex]
Then, a square of 13 rows and 13 columns will fit the 169 students.
If the number of students is 1024, then the number of rows N can be calculated as :-
[tex] {N}^{2} = 1024[/tex]
[tex]N = \sqrt{1024} [/tex]
[tex]N = 32[/tex]
169 students will seat in a 13×13 formation.
1024 students will seat in a 32×32 formation (N=32)
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