Ms. Ferguson is considering reserving a room at the Abraham Hotel. The Abraham Hotel charges $239 a night.

A.) Mrs. Ferguson orignally planned to spend $1,000 for the hotel stay. For how many nights could she book the hotel room? Show your work

B.) Mrs. Ferguson caulcuates that 6 nights will cost $1,450. What is the percent error in Mrs. Ferguson's calculation? Round to the nearest percent. Show your work.

C.) Mrs. Ferguson looked at another hotel. She waited a week before she decided to book nights at the hotel, and now the prices have increased. The original price was $1,589. The price for the same room and same number of nights is now $2,075. What is the percent increase? Round to the nearest percent? Show your work.

D.) Mr. Ferguson suggested contacting a travel agent to see whether they could get a lower price. The agent found a price that was 30% lower than $2,075. What was the price the travel agent found? Show your work.

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Kathryn Dickerson

Mathematics

29 June, 14:24

Ms. Ferguson is considering reserving a room at the Abraham Hotel. The Abraham Hotel charges $239 a night.

A.) Mrs. Ferguson orignally planned to spend $1,000 for the hotel stay. For how many nights could she book the hotel room? Show your work

B.) Mrs. Ferguson caulcuates that 6 nights will cost $1,450. What is the percent error in Mrs. Ferguson's calculation? Round to the nearest percent. Show your work.

C.) Mrs. Ferguson looked at another hotel. She waited a week before she decided to book nights at the hotel, and now the prices have increased. The original price was $1,589. The price for the same room and same number of nights is now $2,075. What is the percent increase? Round to the nearest percent? Show your work.

D.) Mr. Ferguson suggested contacting a travel agent to see whether they could get a lower price. The agent found a price that was 30% lower than $2,075. What was the price the travel agent found? Show your work.

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Jaidyn Kirby · Answer 1

A) 1000/239 = 4. something

Ms. Ferguson could book the room for 4 nights

B) 6 x 239 = 1434

1450/1434 = 1.01

Ms Ferguson was off by 1%

C) 2075/1589 = 1.3058

The price increase was by 31%

D) 2075/1.3 = 1596.153

The price that was found was $1596.15