A hotel rents out rooms for $75 per night. The hotel also pays $225 every day in maintenance and upkeep fees

How much would the hotel make if they rented out 35 rooms on Thursday? $

How many rooms would the hotel have to rent out to make twice as much the following day?

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6 February, 09:29

A hotel rents out rooms for $75 per night. The hotel also pays $225 every day in maintenance and upkeep fees

How much would the hotel make if they rented out 35 rooms on Thursday? $

How many rooms would the hotel have to rent out to make twice as much the following day?

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Jasper Macdonald · Answer 1

Cost=$225

Revenue = $75x, x being the number of rooms rented.

R-C=75 (35) - 225=$2400

Double that

4800=75*x-225

5025=75x

x=67 rooms

One can't just double the number of rooms, because the maintenance fee is constant and doesn't change proportionally. It doesn't change at all.

A hotel rents out rooms for $75 per night. The hotel also pays $225 every day in maintenance and upkeep feesHow much would the hotel make if they rented out 35 rooms on Thursday? $How many rooms would the hotel have to rent out to make twice as much the following day?

A hotel rents out rooms for $75 per night. The hotel also pays $225 every day in maintenance and upkeep fees

How much would the hotel make if they rented out 35 rooms on Thursday? $

How many rooms would the hotel have to rent out to make twice as much the following day?