Question

The Green Mountain Inn can rent all its 120 rooms when it charges $84 per night for a room, but the manager wants to increase profits. He finds, however, that for each $4 increase in the room rate, 3 fewer rooms are rented. If the cost of cleaning an occupied room is $4 per night, what is the maximum profit the manager can obtain? 1. max profit = $10825 2. max profit = $10775 3. max profit = $10800 4. max profit = $10725 5. max profit = $10750

Answer 1

\[(120*84)-(120*4)=\]
\[(117*88)-(117*4)=\]

Answer 2

=profit a
=profit b

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