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Movie theater X
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17 Dec 2015, 05:44
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Movie theater X charges $6 per ticket, and each movie showing costs the theatre $1,750. How many people need to see a movie so that the theater makes $1 of profit per customer?
(A) 300
(B) 325
(C) 350
(D) 375
(E) 400
Even though it's easy, I am so confused? Can we solve logically without profit formula?
Thank You.
(A) 300
(B) 325
(C) 350
(D) 375
(E) 400
Even though it's easy, I am so confused? Can we solve logically without profit formula?
Thank You.
Re: Movie theater X
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18 Dec 2015, 17:54
18 Dec 2015, 17:54
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victory wrote:
Movie theater X charges $6 per ticket, and each movie showing costs the theatre $1,750. How many people need to
see a movie so that the theater makes $1 of profit per customer?
(A) 300
(B) 325
(C) 350
(D) 375
(E) 400
Even though it's easy, I am so confused? Can we solve logically without profit formula?
Thank You.
see a movie so that the theater makes $1 of profit per customer?
(A) 300
(B) 325
(C) 350
(D) 375
(E) 400
Even though it's easy, I am so confused? Can we solve logically without profit formula?
Thank You.
Let there be x customers.
Each customer pays $6 for tickets and theater makes $1 profit per customer. So cost of the movie (for the theater)is $5 per customer.
From question we have \($5 * x = 1750\) or \(x = 350\)
Option C
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Re: Movie theater X
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19 Jul 2018, 15:58
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victory wrote:
Movie theater X charges $6 per ticket, and each movie showing costs the theatre $1,750. How many people need to see a movie so that the theater makes $1 of profit per customer?
(A) 300
(B) 325
(C) 350
(D) 375
(E) 400
(A) 300
(B) 325
(C) 350
(D) 375
(E) 400
We can let x = the number of customers and create the following equation:
6x - 1,750 = 1x
5x = 1,750
x = 350
Answer: C
