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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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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
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