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For a certain event, 148 people attended. If all 148 had paid full adm
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06 Nov 2025, 04:38
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For a certain event, 148 people attended. If all 148 had paid full admission price, the total revenue would be three times the cost of sponsoring the event. (Admission price was the only source of revenue.)
As it happens, only 50 paid the full admission price, and the others paid nothing.
A. Quantity A is greater
B. Quantity B is greater
C. The two quantities are equal
D. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given
As it happens, only 50 paid the full admission price, and the others paid nothing.
Quantity A |
Quantity B |
the total revenue |
the cost of sponsoring the event |
A. Quantity A is greater
B. Quantity B is greater
C. The two quantities are equal
D. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given
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10 Dec 2025, 10:09
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Let the full admission price be $p$ and the cost of sponsoring the event be $C$.
If all 148 paid, revenue would be $148 p$, and this equals three times the cost, so $\(148 p=3 C\)$, hence $\(C=\frac{148 p}{3}\)$.
Actual revenue is from only 50 people paying full price, so total revenue is $50 p$.
Compare $50 p$ with $\(C=\frac{148 p}{3}\)$ :
$$
\(\frac{50 p}{C}=\frac{50 p}{148 p / 3}=\frac{150}{148}>1\)
$$
So $\(50 p>C\)$, meaning Quantity A (total revenue) is greater than Quantity B (cost of sponsoring the event).
If all 148 paid, revenue would be $148 p$, and this equals three times the cost, so $\(148 p=3 C\)$, hence $\(C=\frac{148 p}{3}\)$.
Actual revenue is from only 50 people paying full price, so total revenue is $50 p$.
Compare $50 p$ with $\(C=\frac{148 p}{3}\)$ :
$$
\(\frac{50 p}{C}=\frac{50 p}{148 p / 3}=\frac{150}{148}>1\)
$$
So $\(50 p>C\)$, meaning Quantity A (total revenue) is greater than Quantity B (cost of sponsoring the event).
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