Answer to Question #45279 in Math for Nano

Question

Town Council decides to run a special summer children’s show to help promote tourism at the beach. They will set up a temporary stage and seating on the beach for the show. Tickets will be made available for both adults and children with the unusual situation of a child’s ticket being more expensive than that of an adult’s. You have been asked to analyse the information made available and report back with total profit and ticket sales data.



Child Adult
Ticket Price $12 $3
Expected Average Food and Beverage Purchase$4 $8
Expected Profit $10 $5

income from ticket sales is at least $900 and the income from food and beverages sales is at least $1 000.

Task Identifies the maximum profit available to Waihi Town Council
Identifies the number of adults’ and children’s tickets needed to be sold to maximise the profit.