SOLUTION: It cost the athletic department $1200 to print football tickets. If they sell each ticket for $8, how many tickets will they have to sell to make at least a 6000 dollar profit
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Question 822472: It cost the athletic department $1200 to print football tickets. If they sell each ticket for $8, how many tickets will they have to sell to make at least a 6000 dollar profit
Found 2 solutions by rfer, amalm06:
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(6000+1200)/8=900
Answer by amalm06(224) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Profit = Revenue - Expenses
6000=8x-1200, where x is the number of tickets sold
8x=7200
x=900 tickets (Answer)
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