math set (no calculus required but they do get harder)

 Don't worry I think you will all pass this set of math problems:

1.  Town of Snowmass village tourism board signs up for ski singles week (dec 13-19) + COVID=???

2.  On the lift a fellow local mentioned that his friend who runs a catering business offered him $100 an hour to work a New Year's Party for 100 locals he did the math as follows

$100 an hour x 7 hours plus $300 tip= $1,000

If someone at the party subsequently tests positive and gets contact traced to party he will miss 10 days of work, and he makes $240 a day and he figures the odds of someone being positive at the party are 95%.

Does he work the party?

3.  How good are our hotel COVID measures?

At the St. Regis over 20 interns tested positive for COVID--there are 60 interns.  If in any given week approximately 1% of the local Pitkin residents test positive for COVID is the rate among St. Regis interns higher or lower than the rate in Pitkin at large.  How much higher?  Does that indicate the St. Regis has a good program to keep people safe or a failing one?

st regis interns

4.  I am cheap so I don't buy my son new ski boots.  Mostly he just crams his feet into them.  He has skied  22 days so far this season.  What happens when you add skiing every day to 3 year old ski boots and a teenager?  See video for answer.

5.  A number of local restaurants have complained about the Aspen 'cancel culture' and are fighting back by requiring a deposit of $95 per person when you make a reservation.  That deposit is then applied against your bill and becomes a minimum per person cost to eat at said restaurant.  

that reservation is gonna cost you

this question has multiple parts

    

        a.  If you are a party of 6 and someone starts to feel sick the day of your reservation and cancelling requires 72 hour notice do you cancel your reservation out of an abundance of caution regarding COVID or just ask the sick person to stay home and drink an extra $95 worth?

        b.  When myself and MRS Aspen Green Acres used to live in NYC 25 years ago we would often dine at a small local Italian trattoria.  We would split a salad ($8) each get a plate of pasta ($10x2) and a bottle of wine ($15).  

            1.  How much did dinner cost Mr and Mrs green acres 25 years ago?

            2.  How much would that dinner cost today at Acquolina with a minimum spend of $95 per head?

            3.  Assuming 7% tax and 20% tip in 1995 and 10% tax and 25% tip today at Acquolina what is 

                rate of inflation?  If the US Commerce Department says inflation is running at 2% per year how much higher is the inflation rate of dinner at an Italian restaurant per year and over 25 years?

            4.  If you bring two children with you and each adult eats $55 in food and each child eats $30 in                     food and a bottle of wine is $60 how many bottles of wine must you drink to consume your deposit?  Remember that you can't buy half a bottle of wine?  

                        i.  Can you legally drive home after dinner?  

                        ii. Can mom and dad stand up or cross and icy road?

                        iii.  How many bottles of wine must your drink if you have 3 kids and two adults?

How did you do?