The price for hiring a car is determined by the number of days for which it is to be hired and the number of people who will be using it. The table below shows the prices for groups of up to 5 people hiring cars for up to 7 days.Patrick is part of a group of 5 people on a holiday for 5 days. They will be going on outings each day, and had planned to hire one car for all of them for all 5 days. However, two of the group will only be there for the first 3 days, so an alternative is to hire one car for this period and another for the final two days. What will be the difference if they choose this alternative?
Correct answer: C. It will be $2 more expensive
- A. It will be $5 cheaper
- B. It will be $2 cheaper
- C. It will be $2 more expensive
- D. It will be $5 more expensive
Explanation
Cost of car for 5 people for 5 days=$14 Cost of car for 5 people for 3 days=$10 Cost of car for 3 people for 2 days=$6 Alternative Cost= Cost of car for 5 people for 3 days + Cost of car for 3 people for 2 days = $10 + $6 = $16 Alternative Cost - Actual Cost = $16 - $14 = $2 If they choose the alternative, it will be $2 more expensive. Hence, the answer is option C.
Last updated
Related questions
(1/2x+1) + 5Which of the following is equivalent to the expression above for x > 0?
1/400 in percentage =
100 oranges are bought at the rate of Rs. 350 and sold at the rate of Rs. 48 per dozen. The percentage of profit or loss is:
100 oranges are bought at the rate of Rs. 350 and sold at the rate of Rs. 48 per dozen. The percentage of profit or loss is:
|14| * |-2|=?