Hotel Room Occupancy Revenue Maximization
XAT 2025 · Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation · Medium · Arithmetic
There are 25 rooms in a hotel. Each room can accommodate at the most three people. For each room, the single occupancy charge is Rs. 2000 per day, the double occupancy charge is Rs. 3000 per day, and the triple occupancy charge is Rs. 3500 per day.
If there are 55 people staying in the hotel today, what is the maximum possible revenue from room occupancy charges today?
- A.
Rs. 72500
- B.
Rs. 82500
- C.
Rs. 77500
- D.
Rs. 92500
- E.
Rs. 87500
C
Explanation
Let be the number of single, double, and triple occupancy rooms used, respectively. We are given:
Subtracting (1) from (2):
Since . For , we must have .
To maximize revenue : To maximize , we need the minimum possible integer , which is . Then and .
Maximum Revenue = .
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