A movie theater wants to determine the price per ticket that should be charged in order to maximize its revenue. The theater can accommodate 2000 movie goers per night, but the average attendance is about 1400 people per night. The average ticket price is about $8.00. Market research shows that, for each $0.50 reduction in the ticket price, attendance increases by 250 spectators. What should the theater charge ner tickket in order to sell out every show?

A movie theater wants to determine the price per ticket that should be charged in order to maximize its revenue. The theater can accommodate 2000 movie goers per night, but the average attendance is about 1400 people per night. The average ticket price is about $8.00. Market research shows that, for each $0.50 reduction in the ticket price, attendance increases by 250 spectators. What should the theater charge ner tickket in order to sell out every show?

Algebra for College Students

10th Edition

ISBN:9781285195780

Author:Jerome E. Kaufmann, Karen L. Schwitters

Publisher:Jerome E. Kaufmann, Karen L. Schwitters

Chapter8: Functions

Section8.CR: Review Problem Set

Problem 50CR

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

At the Pizza Dude restaurant, a 12-in. pizza costs 5.40 to make, and the manager wants to make at least 4.80 from the sale of each pizza. If the pizza will be sold by the slice and each pizza is cut into 6 pieces, what is the minimum charge per slice?
If during the following year it is predicted that each comedy skit will generate 30 thousand and each musical number 20 thousand, find the maximum income for the year. A television program director must schedule comedy skits and musical numbers for prime-time variety shows. Each comedy skit requires 2 hours of rehearsal time, costs 3000, and brings in 20,000 from the shows sponsors. Each musical number requires 1 hour of rehearsal time, costs 6000, and generates 12,000. If 250 hours are available for rehearsal and 600,000 is budgeted for comedy and music, how many segments of each type should be produced to maximize income? Find the maximum income.
A company manufactures two fertilizers, x and y. Each 50-pound bag of fertilizer requires three ingredients, which are available in the limited quantities shown in the table. The profit on each bag of fertilizer x is 6 and on each bag of y is 5. How many bags of each product should be produced to maximize the profit? Ingredient Number of Pounds in Fertilizer x Number of Pounds in Fertilizer y Total number of Pounds Available Nitrogen 6 10 20,000 Phosphorus 8 6 16,400 Potash 6 4 12,000
Redo Exercise 5, assuming that the house blend contains 300 grams of Colombian beans, 50 grams of Kenyan beans, and 150 grams of French roast beans and the gourmet blend contains 100 grams of Colombian beans, 350 grams of Kenyan beans, and 50 grams of French roast beans. This time the merchant has on hand 30 kilograms of Colombian beans, 15 kilograms of Kenyan beans, and 15 kilograms of French roast beans. Suppose one bag of the house blend produces a profit of $0.50, one bag of the special blend produces a profit of $1.50, and one bag of the gourmet blend produces a profit of $2.00. How many bags of each type should the merchant prepare if he wants to use up all of the beans and maximize his profit? What is the maximum profit?
If you are performing a break-even analysis for a business and their cost and revenue equations are dependent, explain what this means for the company's profit margins.