Restaurant revenue
in this activity, you will create quadratic inequalities in one variable and use them to solve problems. read this scenario, and
then use the information to answer the questions that follow.
noah manages a buffet at a local restaurant. he charges $10 for the buffet. on average, 16 customers choose the buffet as
their meal every hour. after surveying several customers, noah has determined that for every $1 increase in the cost of the
buffet, the average number of customers who select the buffet will decrease by 2 per hour. the restaurant owner wants the
buffet to maintain a minimum revenue of $130 per hour.
noah wants to model this situation with an inequality and use the model to him make the best pricing decisions.
part a
question
write two expressions for this situation, one representing the cost per customer and the other representing the average
number of customers. assume that x represents the number of $1 increases in the cost of the buffet.
enter the correct answer in the box. type the cost expression on the first line and the customer expression on the second
line.

step-by-step explanation:

overpriced

step-by-step explanation:

x= 1

step-by-step explanation: convert 5\frac{11}{12}5

​12

​

​11

​​   to improper fraction. use this rule: a \frac{b}{c}=\frac{ac+b}{c}a

​c

​

​b

​​ =

​c

​

​ac+b

​​

3.25+0.5x+1\frac{1}{3}+\frac{5}{6}x=\frac{5\times 12+11}{12}3.25+0.5x+1

​3

​

​1

​​ +

​6

​​5

​​ x=

​12

​5×12+11

​​ 2 simplify 5\times 125×12 to 6060

3.25+0.5x+1\frac{1}{3}+\frac{5}{6}x=\frac{60+11}{12}3.25+0.5x+1

​3

​​1

​​ +

​6

​5

​​ x=

​12

​​60+11

​​3 simplify 60+1160+11 to 7171

3.25+0.5x+1\frac{1}{3}+\frac{5}{6}x=\frac{71}{12}3.25+0.5x+1

​3

​​1

​​ +

​6

​​5

​​ x=

​12

​​71

​​4 simplify \frac{5}{6}x

​6

​​5

​​ x to \frac{5x}{6}

​6

​5x

​​ 3.25+0.5x+1\frac{1}{3}+\frac{5x}{6}=\frac{71}{12}3.25+0.5x+1

​3

​

​1

​​ +

​6

​5x

​​ =

​12

​​71

​​ 5 convert 1\frac{1}{3}1

​3

​​1

​​   to improper fraction. use this rule: a \frac{b}{c}=\frac{ac+b}{c}a

​c

​​b

​​ =

​c

​​ac+b

​​3.25+0.5x+\frac{1\times 3+1}{3}+\frac{5x}{6}=\frac{71}{12}3.25+0.5x+

​3

​​1×3+1

​​ +

​6

​​5x

​​ =

​12

​71

​​ 6 simplify 1\times 31×3 to 33

3.25+0.5x+\frac{3+1}{3}+\frac{5x}{6}=\frac{71}{12}3.25+0.5x+

​3

​​3+1

​​ +

​6

​​5x

​​ =

​12

​71

​​ 7 simplify 3+13+1 to 44

3.25+0.5x+\frac{4}{3}+\frac{5x}{6}=\frac{71}{12}3.25+0.5x+

​3

​​4

​​ +

​6

​5x

​​ =

​12

​71

​​8 simplify 3.25+0.5x+\frac{4}{3}+\frac{5x}{6}3.25+0.5x+

​3

​​4

​​ +

​6

​​5x

​​   to \frac{13.75}{3}+\frac{4x}{3}

​3

​​13.75

​​ +

​3

​4x

​​ \frac{13.75}{3}+\frac{4x}{3}=\frac{71}{12}

​3

​​13.75

​​ +

​3

​​4x

​​ =

​12

​71

​​ 9 simplify \frac{13.75}{3}

​3

​​13.75

​​   to 4.5833334.583333

4.583333+\frac{4x}{3}=\frac{71}{12}4.583333+

​3

​​4x

​​ =

​12

​71

​​ 10 subtract 4.5833334.583333 from both sides

\frac{4x}{3}=\frac{71}{12}-4.583333

​3

​

​4x

​​ =

​12

​

​71

​​ −4.583333

11 simplify \frac{71}{12}-4.583333

​12

​

​71

​​ −4.583333 to \frac{4}{3}

​3

​4

​\frac{4x}{3}=\frac{4}{3}

​3

​​4x

​​ =

​3

​4

​​ 12 multiply both sides by 33

4x=\frac{4}{3}\times 34x=

​3

​4

​​ ×3

13 simplify \frac{4}{3}\times 3

​3

​​4

​​ ×3 to \frac{12}{3}

​3

​​12

​​ 4x=\frac{12}{3}4x=

​3

​​12

​​ 14 simplify \frac{12}{3}

​3

​​12

​​   to 44

4x=44x=4

15 divide both sides by 44

x=1

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