Question

The cost that a carpet cleaning company charges is directly proportional to the number of rooms cleaned. The cost is $32 for each room. (a) How many rooms can a hotel pay the company to clean for $500? Write and solve an equation.

Answer 1

15 rooms.

Explanation:

32x=500

x=15.625

Rounding down (since you can't get a fraction of a room), you get 15 rooms.