Question

This year for Spring break you are taking a solo trip to an exotic destination. You are deciding between two destinations: Bali, Indonesia, and Paris, France. You want to choose the destination that will give you the best value for your money.The table below shows the cost to travel to each destination Flight Hotel (pernight)Bali $967 $58Paris $534 $2551. Create an equation for each destination to represent cost, C to travel to that location based on n Number of nights.

Answer 1

Let n represent the number of nights

Cost to travel to Bali:

`C\text{ = 967 + 58n}`

The cost of flight is constant so we simply add it to the cost of hostel per night times the number of nights

Cost to travel to Paris:

`C\text{ = 534 + 255n}`