SOLUTION: A local zoo found that if the price of admission was 15 dollars, the attendance was about 2700 customers per week. When the price of admission was dropped to 5 dollars, attendance
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Question 776139: A local zoo found that if the price of admission was 15 dollars, the attendance was about 2700 customers per week. When the price of admission was dropped to 5 dollars, attendance increased to about 2750 per week. Write a linear equation for the attendance in terms of the price, p. (A=mp+b)
Answer by josgarithmetic(39626) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Two ordered pairs as (p, A) are (15, 2700) and (5, 2750). These two points determine a line. Use the two points to find their slope and use either point to help find the vertical axis intercept, b.
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