SOLUTION: A local water park found that if the price of admission was $19, the attendance was about 1550 customers per week. When the price of admission was dropped to $16, attendance incre

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Question 1165798: A local water park found that if the price of admission was $19, the attendance was about 1550 customers per week. When the price of admission was dropped to $16, attendance increased to about 2350 per week. Write a linear equation for the attendance in terms of the price, p. ( A=mp+b )
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Points (p, A):
(19, 1550) and (16, 2350)

A=mx%2Bb
A-mx=b
b=A-mx


A=%28%282350-1550%29%2F%2816-19%29%29x%2B%28A-m%2Ax%29
pick a point:
-----------simplify this.