Question

Joe is responsible for reserving hotel rooms for a company trip. His company changes plans and increases how many people are going on the trip, so they need at least 50 total rooms. Joe had already reserved and paid for 16 rooms, so he needs to reserve additional rooms. He can only reserve rooms in blocks, and each block contains 8 rooms and costs $900. Let B represent the number of additional blocks that Joe reserves. 1) Which inequality describes this scenario? 2)What is the least amount of money that Joe can spend to get the amount of rooms they need? Work not needed!

Answer 1

Answer:

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Step-by-step explanation:

1) The number of rooms Joe company needs is 50. Let the number of rooms needed be n, this can be represented by the inequality:

n ≥ 50

Joe has already reserved 16 rooms, therefore the number of additional rooms needed to be reserved = 50 - 16 = 34 rooms. At least 34 rooms have to be reserved, if B is the number of additional blocks that Joe reserves, the inequality is:

B ≥ 34

2) Each block contains 8 rooms therefore the minimum number of block (a) needed to be reserved = 34/8 = 4.25 = 5 to the next whole number. Therefore the minimum number of blocks needed is given as:

a ≥ 5

Since each block cost $900, let c represent the minimum amount of money needed, therefore the least amount of money needed is given as:

c = $900(5) = $4500

c ≥ $4500