Let's let the equation y = 0.50(1.06)x represent the price of movie tickets for the years after 1950. You have filled in the ticket table for the prices for the years 0, 10, 20, 30, 40. Do these prices look reasonable?

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anonymous · Answer

Calculator time

y1 = 0.50(1.06)^0 = 0.50
y2 = 0.50(1.06)^10 = 0.90
y3 = 0.50(1.06)^20 = 1.60

turingtest · Answer

does that look like your chart meow?

anonymous · Answer

I am so confused ):

anonymous · Answer

"Reasonable" is a bit grey?

turingtest · Answer

meverett has given the correct chart
is it the same as the one in the question?

anonymous · Answer

Plug 0 into the equation, what do you get?

anonymous · Answer

There is no chart in the question..

anonymous · Answer

Maybe the y1 and y2 was confusing??

turingtest · Answer

sorry
the "ticket table"

anonymous · Answer

Meow, Plug 0 into the equation, what do you get?

anonymous · Answer

There's no chart or table. This is all it that I posted.

anonymous · Answer

Meow, forget the chart, plug 0 into the equation, what do you get?

turingtest · Answer

did you read the question?
it says
" You have filled in the ticket table for the prices for the years 0, 10, 20, 30, 40. Do these prices look reasonable?"
so there above is the table given in the problem

turingtest · Answer

Nevermind, just do what meverett said...

anonymous · Answer

The answer I got is 1.

turingtest · Answer

y=0.50(1.06)^(0) is not 1...

anonymous · Answer

??????????? Well that's what I typed in the calculator.... y=0.50 (1.06) ^ 0 = 1.
That is how I did it and that is what I got. So I have no clue then.

turingtest · Answer

you typed it wrong I assure you
what is anything to the power of 0 ???

anonymous · Answer

How could I have typed it wrong when I typed it EXACTLY how it looks into my calculator? You type it in a calculator then and tell me what you get. I'm not saying I'm right but what answer am I supposed to get when it equals 1?

anonymous · Answer

Type y = 0.50 * 1.06^0.

turingtest · Answer

I have
but this doesn't even require a calculator

anonymous · Answer

There 0.5. Thank you @fewscrewsmissing.

turingtest · Answer

and what does this tell us about your "ticket table"
is it reasonable?

anonymous · Answer

I don't think so.

turingtest · Answer

You are correct
congrads meow, please figure out why you got the wrong number from your calculator.

anonymous · Answer

Its because I put parenthesis around them I think. But thank you too TuringTest.

turingtest · Answer

welcome