Problema Solution

A hotel has 200 rooms. Those with kitchens rent for $100 per night and those without kitchens rent for $80 per night. On a night when the hotel was completely occupied, revenues were $17000. How many of each type of room does the hotel have ?

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Let 'x' represent the rooms with kitchen and 'y' the rooms without kitchen.

x + y = 200

100x + 80y = 17000

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x = 50 rooms with kitchen

y = 150 rooms without kitchen

The hotel has 50 room with and 150 room without a kitchen.