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The Pinkerton Hotel has an occupancy rate of 97% during busy season and 62% during the rest of the year. It makes $80 (revenue - variable costs) per room per night. Busy season accounts for 30% of the year. After covering it’s $4M in annual fixed costs, the total profit for the Pinkerton Hotel was $4,468,000. How many rooms are in the Pinkerton Hotel?

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Answer:

400

Step-by-step explanation:

(0.97) X x X 80 X (0.3 X 365)] + [(0.62) X x X 80 X (0.7 X 365)] = 4000000 + 4468000

Solve for x

x = 400

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