Lisa is planning her New Year’s Eve party and needs to budget for decorations, food, and drinks. She also wants to hire entertainment for her guests. Here's what she knows: • Decorations and Lighting: She plans to decorate 3 rooms. Decorations cost $35 per room, and special lighting adds an additional $8 per room. • Food: Appetizers cost $3 per guest, and main courses cost $10 per guest. She expects 20 guests, and 25% of them will each bring one additional guest. • Drinks: Drinks are sold in cases of 12 bottles for $30 per case. Each guest is expected to drink an average of 2 bottles. Lisa wants to buy enough for all guests, plus 10% extra bottles. • Entertainment: A live band charges $300 for the first hour and $125 for each additional hour. Lisa wants them to play for 3 hours in total. Based on the above information, select for Food & Setup Cost the total amount Lisa will spend on decorations, food, and drinks and select for Entertainment Cost the total amount she will spend on the band.

Official Solution: Food & Setup Cost Lisa expects 20 guests. 25 percent will bring one additional guest each. That adds 5 more guests, for a total of 25. • Decorations: Each room costs 35 for decorations and 8 for lighting. For 3 rooms, the total cost is (35 + 8) * 3 = 129. • Food: Appetizers cost 3 per guest and main courses cost 10 per guest. With 25 guests, the total food cost is (3 + 10) * 25 = 325. • Drinks: Each guest is expected to drink 2 bottles. For 25 guests, that's 25 * 2 = 50 bottles. Adding 10 percent extra gives 55 bottles. Since bottles are sold in cases of 12, Lisa needs to buy 5 cases. Each case costs 30, so the total drink cost is 5 * 30 = 150. Food and setup total is 129 + 325 + 150 = 604. Entertainment Cost Entertainment costs 300 for the first hour and 125 for each of the next two hours. Total is 300 + 2 * 125 = 550. Correct answer: Food & Setup Cost "$604" Entertainment Cost "$550"

Hello, decoration cost for three room and additional lighting = 35*3+8*3 there will be 20 guest and 25 % will bring plus one so total guest will be 25 Appetizer and main course cost =25*(10+3) Drinks will be 2 per person it will 50 and additional 10% =55 each case have 12 bottle so we will require 5 case so cost will be =30*5 total cost will be $604 Entertainment cost for 3 hours= 300+(2*125)=550 Hope it helps and if you like it please give kudos. Thanks

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1. Let’s figure out the costs for each section.

2. Decorations and lightning. Each room will cost $35 + $8 = $43 and there are 3 rooms: $43 $*$ 3 = $129.

3. Food. The total amount of guests is equal to the original amount + the “+1s”: 20 + 25% $*$ 20 = 20 + 5 = 25. Lisa spends $3 + $10 = $13 on each guest, so, the total amount will be: $13 $*$ 25 = $325.

4. Drinks. The number of minimum bottles Lisa will need is 25 $*$ 2 + 10% $*$ (25 $*$ 2) = 50 + 5 = 55. However, the bottles is sold in packs of 12, which means she needs to buy 5 cases. This costs $30 $*$ 5 = $150.

5. Entertainment. The total cost will be: $300 + $125 $*$ 2 = $550.

6. Cost 1 is equal to the sum of the first three sections - $129 + $325 + $150 = $604 and Cost 2 is equal to the fourth section - $550.

7. Our answer will be: Cost 1 - $604 and Cost 2 - $550.

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