Question

On a business trip. Ed stayed 2 nights at a hotel where the room rate was $72 per night; + a 8.22% hotel tax. What was the hotel bill? Round your answer

to two decimal places.

$____ hotel bill

Answer 1

$155.84

Explanation:

Multiply 72 by 2 since it is 2 nights, which would be 144. Then multiply 144 by .0822 (to find decimal for divide % by 100), which is 11.8368. Add the 11.8638 to 144 to get 155.8368, which rounds to 155.84.