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Textbook Solutions for Precalculus: Functions and Graphs

Chapter 2 Problem 2.6.54

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Group discount A travel agency offers group tours at a rate of $60 per person for the first 30 participants. For larger groupsup to 90each person receives a $0.50 discount for every participant in excess of 30. For example, if 31 people participate, then the cost per person is $59.50. Determine the size of the group that will produce the maximum amount of money for the agency.

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Title Precalculus: Functions and Graphs 12 
Author Earl Swokowski, Jeffery Cole
ISBN 9780840068576

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