Question

You are working at the front desk of a full service, 800 room hotel, with a pool. On average, 1/5 of the rooms request two extra towels per day. How many extra towels do you expect to need in a day?

Answer 1

To calculate the total extra towels needed per day at an 800 room hotel where 1/5 of the rooms request two extra towels, multiply 1/5 of 800 by 2, resulting in 320 extra towels needed.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks how many extra towels you would need per day at an 800 room hotel if on average, 1/5 of the rooms request two extra towels. To find this, you multiply the total number of rooms by the fraction that requests extra towels and then by the number of extra towels requested:

1. Calculate 1/5 of 800 to find the number of rooms requesting extra towels: 800 rooms × 1/5 = 160 rooms.
2. Since each of these rooms requests two extra towels, multiply the number of rooms by two: 160 rooms × 2 towels/room = 320 towels.

Therefore, you expect to need 320 extra towels per day.