A hotel has a budget of $16,000 to buy 84 new mattresses. Each mattress costs $209. The hotel manager says, “Since 80 × $200 = $16,000, I can stay within the budget.”Use the drop-down box to tell whether the manager’s reasoning is logical.
The hotel manager’s reasoning
Choose... is or is not
logical.

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Answer:

No, it isn't logical.

Step-by-step explanation:

The manager is rounding the numbers down, so that will make the estimate go down.

Answer:

The hotel manager's reasoning is not logical.

Step-by-step explanation:

The hotel manager's reasoning is not logical because the total price is extremely overbudget. It would have been more realistic to round it up 210 and do 85 mattresses. They are exactly 1,556 dollars overbudget.