Lilah Fabulous Operates a Catering Company Required:
Suppose That the Mantooths Blanch When They See the Servers

Lilah Fabulous operates a catering company. Lilah provides food and servers for parties. She also rents tables, chairs, dinnerware, glassware, and linens. Jeff and Jessica Mantooth contacted Lilah about catering for their daughter's wedding. They have requested an open bar, hors d'oeuvres (enough for 300 people), a large wedding cake, and forty tables with linens, dinnerware, and glassware. Lilah put together the following bid: $$\begin{array} { l r } \text { Food } ( 300 \times \$ 7.50 ) & \$ 2,250 \\\text { Wedding cake } ( \$ 150 ) & 150 \\\text { Beverages } ( 300 \times \$ 5 ) & 1,500 \\\text { Servers } ( 12 \times 4 \text { hours } \times \$ 10 ) & 480 \\\text { Bartender } ( 1 \times 3 \text { hours } \times \$ 12 ) & 36 \\\text { Rental of: } & \\\text { Linens } & 80 \\\text { Tables } & 200 \\\text { Dinnerware } & 80 \\\text { Glassware } & 80 \\\text { Total } & \$ 4,856\end{array}$$
Required:
Suppose that the Mantooths blanch when they see the bid. Mr. Mantooth suggests that they had hoped to spend no more than $3,750 or so on the party. How could Lilah work with the Holmses to achieve a target cost of that amount?