Car rental patterns A car rental agency in a major city has a total of 2200 cars that it rents from three locations: Metropolis Airport, downtown, and the smaller City Airport. Some weekly rental and return patterns are shown in the table. (Note that Airport means Metropolis Airport.) Rented from Returned to AP DT CA Airport (AP) 90% 10% 10% Downtown (DT) 5% 80% 5% At the beginning of a week, how many cars should be at each location so that same number of cars will be there at the end of the week (and hence at the start of the next week)?
Car rental patterns A car rental agency in a major city has a total of 2200 cars that it rents from three locations: Metropolis Airport, downtown, and the smaller City Airport. Some weekly rental and return patterns are shown in the table. (Note that Airport means Metropolis Airport.) Rented from Returned to AP DT CA Airport (AP) 90% 10% 10% Downtown (DT) 5% 80% 5% At the beginning of a week, how many cars should be at each location so that same number of cars will be there at the end of the week (and hence at the start of the next week)?
Solution Summary: The author calculates the weekly rental and return patterns of a major city's car rental agency.
Car rental patterns A car rental agency in a major city has a total of 2200 cars that it rents from three locations: Metropolis Airport, downtown, and the smaller City Airport. Some weekly rental and return patterns are shown in the table. (Note that Airport means Metropolis Airport.)
Rented
from
Returned
to
AP
DT
CA
Airport
(AP)
90%
10%
10%
Downtown
(DT)
5%
80%
5%
At the beginning of a week, how many cars should be at each location so that same number of cars will be there at the end of the week (and hence at the start of the next week)?
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