As Part of Their Application for a Loan to Buy

question 40

Essay

As part of their application for a loan to buy Lakeside Farm,a property they hope to develop as a bed-and-breakfast operation,the prospective owners have projected:
Monthly fixed cost (loan payment,taxes,insurance,maintenance)$6000
Variable cost per occupied room per night $ 20
Revenue per occupied room per night $ 75
a.Write the expression for total cost per month.Assume 30 days per month.
b.Write the expression for total revenue per month.
c.If there are 12 guest rooms available,can they break even? What percentage of rooms would need to be occupied,on average,to break even?

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Definitions:

Countertransference

A therapist's emotional entanglement with a client, often as a reaction to the client's transference.

Transference

In psychotherapy, the process by which emotions originally associated with one person are unconsciously transferred onto the therapist.

Transference

A psychological phenomenon in which an individual redirects emotions and feelings, often unconsciously, from one person to another, particularly in the context of therapy.

Irrational

Referring to thoughts, actions, or behaviors not based on logical reasoning or rationality.