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A lacrosse team plays in a stadium that holds 62000 spectators.
With the ticket price at $9 the average attendance has been 26000.
When the price dropped to $8, the average attendance rose to 31000.
Assume that attendance is linearly related to ticket price.
What ticket price would maximize revenue?
Round to nearest cent.
Solution:
If ticket price is less, attendance is more and vice-versa. Also attendance is linearly related to ticket price.
Let q be no. of spectators and p be price of ticket.
($9, 26000) and ($8, 31000)
General equation of line when two points are given:
Let p be on x-axis and q on y-axis,
Total revenue(R) = p x q
Put (dR/dp) = 0
p = $7.1
At price = $7.1, revenue will be maximum.