The price of a four-star meal, only $5050 per couple decades ago, has since increased 400400%. The current price of a four-
star meal is which of the following? A. A four-star meal is $10 comma 00010,000 because 4 times $50 equals $2004×$50=$200, which is multiplied by 5050.
B. A four-star meal is $500500 because 4 times $ 50 equals $2004×$50=$200, which is added to $5050 and then multiplied by 2 because the price is per couple.
C. A four-star meal is $250250 because 4 times $ 50 equals $2004×$50=$200, which is added to $5050.
D. A four-star meal is $400400 because 4 times $ 50 equals $2004×$50=$200, which is multiplied by 2 because the price is per couple.
E. A four-star meal is $200200 because 4 times $ 50 equals $ 2004×$50=$200.
F. A four-star meal is $150150 because 4 times $ 50 equals $ 2004×$50=$200, from which $5050 is subtracted.
The price of a four-star meal, only $50 per couple decades ago, has since increased 400%.
This means that if the $50 per couple is 100%(decimal 1), the current price is 100%+400% = 500%(decimal 5). So we can solve a rule of three to find the current price of a four-star meal.
1 - 50
5 - x
.
The current price of a four star meal is $250 per couple.
