Question 1043588: A chicken store has an average of 5000 customers per week and sells $12 per chicken. The owner is aware that for every $2 price increase, the number of customers decreases by 12. What function rule describes the reduced number of customers after the increase in price?
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A chicken store has an average of 5000 customers per week and sells $12 per chicken. The owner is aware that for every $2 price increase,
the number of customers decreases by 12. What function rule describes the reduced number of customers after the increase in price?
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The formula is
 =  , or, which is the same, N = 5000 - 6p,
where N is the number of customers, "p" is the increase in price, in dollars.
Example.
N the number of customers "p", the increase in price
5000 0 (dollars, increase . . . )
4994 1
4988 2
4982 3
4976 4
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Answer by MathTherapy(10557)  (Show Source):
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A chicken store has an average of 5000 customers per week and sells $12 per chicken. The owner is aware that for every $2 price increase, the number of customers decreases by 12. What function rule describes the reduced number of customers after the increase in price?
With C being number of customers, and I, the number of price increases, function rule is: 
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