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problem 1: the walberg hotel is holding a reception for the institute of surgery, with hosts available for only guests. they are using last year’s information to determine how many hosts are needed. arrange the steps nee find the number of hosts needed.
all guests (guests)
non - vip guests (guests)
vip guests (guests)
hosts needed (hosts)
hosts per vip last year (hosts/guest)
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hosts last year (hosts)
non - vip guests (guests)
last year’s vip guests (guests)
all guests (guests)
hosts per vip last year (hosts/guest)
vip guests (guests)
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average cost per banner ($/banner)

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate VIP guest count

$\text{VIP guests} = \text{all guests} - \text{non-VIP guests}$

Step2: Find hosts for VIP guests

$\text{hosts for VIP} = \text{VIP guests} \times \text{hosts per VIP last year}$

Step3: Identify missing intermediate step

The empty dropdown should be $\text{hosts for VIP guests (hosts)}$, calculated from the two inputs leading to it.

Step4: Combine to get total hosts

$\text{hosts needed} = \text{hosts for VIP guests}$ (since hosts are only for VIPs as per the problem context)

Answer:

1. The empty dropdown connected to VIP guests (guests) and hosts per VIP last year (hosts/guest) should be filled with: hosts for VIP guests (hosts)
2. Full logical flow:

• $\text{all guests}

ightarrow \text{VIP guests} = \text{all guests} - \text{non-VIP guests}$

• $\text{VIP guests} \times \text{hosts per VIP last year} = \text{hosts for VIP guests}$
• $\text{hosts for VIP guests} = \text{hosts needed}$