单选题
The daily rate for a hotel room that sleeps4 people is$39 for one person and x dollars for each additional person.If 3people take the room for one day and each pays $21 for the room,what is the value of x? A. 6 B. 8 C. 12 D. 13 E. 24
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】某旅馆的4人间的每天收费是住1个人39美.元,并且每多1人加收x美元。若3个人住该屋1天,并且每人付21美元,问x的值是多少? 解答本题的关键是对“and x dollars for each additional person”的理解。若考生能把这句话理解到位,那么就很容易把这道题做对。住一个人收39美元,住两个人收39+x丁美元,住3个人收39+2x美元,由题意可得: 39+2x=21×3[*]x=12。