Juan's company spent $2350 on an event. They spent about $1500 on food and about $900 on entertainment. What could the actual cost of the food and entertainment be?
Food $1350.00 Entertainment $1000.00
To find the actual cost of the food and entertainment, we need to consider that the estimated costs are approximate. Let's represent the actual cost of food as F and the actual cost of entertainment as E.
Given that Juan's company spent about $1500 on food, we can write the equation:
F ≈ $1500
Similarly, given that they spent about $900 on entertainment, the equation becomes:
E ≈ $900
To find the possible actual cost, we consider a reasonable range of values. Let's assume a ±10% variation from the estimated costs.
For food:
10% of $1500 = $150
So, the range for the actual cost of food can be estimated as:
$1500 ± $150
For entertainment:
10% of $900 = $90
So, the range for the actual cost of entertainment can be estimated as:
$900 ± $90
Therefore, the actual cost of the food could range from $1350 to $1650, and the actual cost of the entertainment could range from $810 to $990.
To find the possible actual cost of the food and entertainment, we can subtract the approximate amounts spent from the total amount spent.
The approximate cost of the food is $1500, and the approximate cost of the entertainment is $900.
To find the range of possible costs, we can subtract each approximate cost from the total amount spent of $2350:
For the food: $2350 - $1500 = $850
For the entertainment: $2350 - $900 = $1450
Therefore, the actual cost of the food could be as low as $850 and as high as $1500, while the actual cost of entertainment could be as low as $1450 and as high as $2350.