Question: COST PER OCCUPIED ROOM EXERCISE
Tyler Sachse was the executive housekeeper of a five-star hotel in San Francisco. The general manager has asked Tyler to upgrade the quality of the chocolates placed on the guests' pillows when the turndown service was conducted each day. The G.M. notified Tyler that he could increase last year's $3.75 cost of guest supplies per occupied room by 0.70 percent and invest the difference in upgrading the quality of the chocolates the hotel now used. The hotel projected selling 146,000 rooms next year,
Find: What would be the surplus amount in dollars that Tyler can now count on to purchase Godiva chocolates for the hotel next year?