Answer :
Even though there are more people visiting the lodge now than there were five years ago, the lodge is making less money than it did five years ago due to inflation.
Inflation
Thus, the fact that the Lodge has not increased its prices implies, in principle, a maintenance of the profit. Now, given that the costs necessary for the normal operation of the Lodge increase, on average, by 3% per year, the Lodge's profit margins will have been reduced by 15% in 5 years (5 x 3 = 15).
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