2. Twelve people, and no more, can sit evenly spaced around a large square table. Rohan arranges eight of these square tables in a row to make one long rectangular table. What is the maximum number of people that can sit evenly spaced around this long table?
A 48
B 54
C 60
D 80
E 96
2. B The number of people who can sit on each side of the square table is $12 \div 4=3$. When eight of these tables are arranged to make a long rectangular table, there will be room for $8 \times 3=24$ people on each long side and for three extra people at each end. Hence, the number of people that can sit round the long table is $2 \times 24+2 \times 3=48+6=54$.