Question

A sports club is holding a fundraiser dinner. The function graphed models the profit, y, in dollars, from selling x tickets.

Select True or False to describe each statement.

Answer 1

y int represents cost per ticket...false
slope represents money spent before sales of tickets....false
it must sell 40 tickets to make a profit.....true

Answer 2

The y intercept represents the cost per ticket [False]

The slope represents the money spent before the sale of the first ticket. [False]

The sports club must sell more than 40 tickets to make a profit. [True]

Explanation:

Consider the provided graph.

From the graph we can concluded that.

Conclusion 1) The y intercept represents the sales of company when 0 tickets sold. Or the money spent before the sales of the first ticket.

Conclusion 2) The x intercept represent the minimum number of ticket company needs to sale so that they got no profit no loss.

Now consider the provided.

Statement: The y intercept represents the cost per ticket.

From Conclusion 1 we can say that this is a false statement.

Statement 2: The slope represents the money spent before the sale of the first ticket.

From Conclusion 1 we can say that this is a false statement.

Statement 3: The sports club must sell more than 40 tickets to make a profit.

If they sell 40 tickets they got no profit no loss, for profit they need to sell more than 40 tickets.

Thus, the statement is true.