Vacation Situation: You have graduated from high school
and you are planning to go on a vacation by
yourself. You have always wanted to travel to
Paris, France, but you need to consider the price
of the airplane ticket as well as the cost of the
hotel per night. As an alternative, you want to
look into spending the same number of nights in
Atlanta at a luxurious 5 star hotel. Now you
need to determine whether you should go to
Paris which will cost you for flight and hotel or
stay in Atlanta that will cost you only for the
hotel.
Note: You are spending the same number of
nights at each destination.
Assignment: Gather information from travel
agencies, such as American Airline, Orbitz,
Expedia, or Kayak, through their website for cost
of flight and cost of hotel.
Write a system of equations to represent the
information you collected:
1st Equation: Cost of flight + hotel in Paris
2nd Equation: Hotel in Atlanta
Use the methods we have been studying
(graphing and solving algebraically) to
determine which plan is better based on the
number of nights you decide to stay.