Answer:
[tex]3600[/tex]
Step-by-step explanation:
One is asked to find the cost of a vacation when given the following information;
Travel: 150
Hotel: 50 per day
Spending money: 250
One is asked to calculate the cost of the vacation for (4) people over the course of (7) days. In order to solve this problem, one must make a few assumptions.
- Each cost is per person, therefore one will have to multiply the cost by the number of people.
- The travel is per every one time, thus one will have to multiply it by (2) to account for the cost to travel back home.
- Everyone stays in their own hotel room, therefore, one must multiply the hotel cost by the number of people
- The spending money is for the entire vacation and not per day.
With these assumptions, one can form the following equaton;
x = number of people = 4
y = number of days = 7
[tex]travel\ cost= (2(x(150))\\\\hotel\ cost= (y(x(50))\\\\spending\ money= (x(250))\\\\total\ cost= (travel\ cost)+(hotel\ cost) + (spending\ money)[/tex]
Substitute,
[tex]total\ cost= (travel\ cost)+(hotel\ cost) + (spending\ money)[/tex]
[tex]total\ cost= 2(4(150))+(7(4(50))+(4(250))[/tex]
Simplify,
[tex]total\ cost= 2(4(150))+(7(4(50))+(4(250))[/tex]
[tex]total\ cost= 2(600)+(7(4(50))+(4(250))\\=2(600)+7(200)+4(250)\\=2(600)+7(200)+1000\\=2(600)+1400+1000\\=1200+1400+1000\\=2600+1000\\=3600[/tex]
