Problem Solving (PS) | Re: In putting together a last-minute vacation package, a traveler must

Let the number of departing flights be
Option A:
5
One more departing flight will give total departing and returning flights as 6 each
Number of hotels is one less than number of departing flights=6-1 = 5
Number of Rental cars = 5-2 = 3
Thus total combinations = 6*6*5*3 which can not be equal to 1176 (multiplication by 5 always ends with either 5 or 0)

Option B
6
One more departing flight will give total departing and returning flights as 7 each
Number of hotels is one less than number of departing
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