Business Analytics (2nd Edition)
Business Analytics (2nd Edition)
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780321997821
Author: James R. Evans
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2, Problem 3PE

The Excel file President’s Inn Guest Database provides a list of customers, rooms they occupied, arrival and departure dates, number of occupants, and daily rate for a small bed-and-breakfast inn during one month. 4Room rates are the same for one or two guest; however, additional guests must pay an additional $20 per person per day for meals. Guest staying for seven days or more receive a 10% discount. Modify the spreadsheet to calculate the number of days that each party stayed at the inn and the total revenue for the length of stay.

4Based on Kenneth C. Laudon and Jane P. Laudon, Essentials of Management Information System.

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To calculate the number of days that each party stayed at the inn and the total revenue for the length of stay.

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The data consists list of customers, rooms they occupied, arrivaland departure dates, number of occupants, anddaily rate for a small bed-and-breakfast inn duringone month

Formula:

  Number of days = Departure dateArrival dateTotal revenue = Number of days × Daily rate

Following is the table which have number of days and total revenue for that days.

    IDGuest First NameGuest Last NameRoomRoom TypeNumber of daysTotal revenue
    1BarryLloydHayesBay-window3$450.00
    2MichaelLunsfordClevelandOcean8$900.00
    3KimKyuongCoolidgeBay-window3$450.00
    4EdwardHoltWashingtonOcean2$650.00
    5ThomasCollinsLincolnOcean4$1,200.00
    6PaulBodkinCoolidgeBay-window2$300.00
    7RandallBattenburgWashingtonOcean8$2,340.00
    8CalvinNowotneyLincolnOcean2$600.00
    9HomerGonzalezLincolnOcean2$640.00
    10DavidSanchezJeffersonBay-window2$350.00
    11BusterWhislerJacksonOcean3$750.00
    12JuliaMartinesReaganBay-window5$750.00
    13SamuelKimTrumanSide10$1,125.00
    14ArthurGottfriedGarfieldSide2$250.00
    15DarleneShoreArthurOcean7$1,386.00
    16CarlyleCharlestonQuincy AdamsBay-window3$450.00
    17AlbertGoldstoneJohnsonOcean2$500.00
    18CharleneTilsonVan BurenBay-window2$300.00
    19EverettChadMadisonOcean4$1,100.00
    20GeraldPittsfieldRooseveltOcean2$550.00
    21JamalSmithTylerBay-window3$450.00
    22LouisParisJacksonOcean4$1,000.00
    23NigelStratfordEisenhowerOcean2$400.00
    24PeterWillingtonGrantOcean2$400.00
    25RonaldCartierJeffersonBay-window4$700.00
    26TristaLevenEisenhowerOcean3$600.00
    27ValerieSnellAdamsBay-window3$450.00
    28WalterActonPolkSide7$1,039.50
    29XavierTrezzaMcKinleySide3$375.00
    30ZacharyMillerWashingtonOcean3$975.00

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