The owner of a luxury motor yacht that sails among the Greek islands charges $600/person/day if exactly 25 people sign up for the cruise. However, if more than 25 people sign up for the cruise, then every fare is reduced by $10 for each additional passenger. Assuming that at least 25 people sign up for the cruise, determine how many passengers will result in maximum revenue for the yacht owner. What is the maximum revenue? In order to attain this maximum revenue, what would be the fare for each person?

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step-by-step explanation:

answer: 204

step-by-step explanation:

we are told that the revenue is

x⋅(4080−10x)=−10x^2+4080x

this is a quadratic function, so to maximize it we should find the x-value of its vertex. recall that the x-value of the vertex of the parabola ax^2+bx+c is given by the formula −b/2a.

so in this case, we have a=−10 and b=4080, so the x-value of the vertex is

−b/2a= −(4080)/2(−10)=204

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if we use a graphing calculator, there is only one such number that satisfies the conclusion of the mean value theorem, that is, a number such that

where the right-hand side is the average rate of change of f on the interval [0.5,0.75], which is the slope of the secant line.

in the attached graph, the black line is the secant line which has its slope as the average rate of change of f on [0.5,0.75], while the orange line is the only tangent line to the graph of f in the interval that satisfies the mvt conclusion.