A charted bus company has the following price structure. A single bus ticket costs $40. For each additional ticket sold to a group of travelers, the price per ticket is reduced by $1.00. The reduced price applies to all the tickets sold to the group. a. Calculate the total cost for one, two, and five tickets. One ticket: $ Two tickets: $ Five tickets: $ b. Using your calculations in part (a) as a guide, find a quadratic function that gives the total cost of the tickets, in terms of the number of tickets sold, c. C(x) = Preview c. How many tickets must be sold to maximize the revenue for the bust company? tickets

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A charted bus company has the following price structure. A single bus ticket costs $40. For each additional
ticket sold to a group of travelers, the price per ticket is reduced by $1.00. The reduced price applies to all the
tickets sold to the group.
a. Calculate the total cost for one, two, and five tickets.
One ticket: $
Two tickets: $
Five tickets: $
b. Using your calculations in part (a) as a guide, find a quadratic function that gives the total cost of the tickets,
in terms of the number of tickets sold, x.
C(x) =
Preview
c. How many tickets must be sold to maximize the revenue for the bust company?
tickets
Transcribed Image Text:A charted bus company has the following price structure. A single bus ticket costs $40. For each additional ticket sold to a group of travelers, the price per ticket is reduced by $1.00. The reduced price applies to all the tickets sold to the group. a. Calculate the total cost for one, two, and five tickets. One ticket: $ Two tickets: $ Five tickets: $ b. Using your calculations in part (a) as a guide, find a quadratic function that gives the total cost of the tickets, in terms of the number of tickets sold, x. C(x) = Preview c. How many tickets must be sold to maximize the revenue for the bust company? tickets
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