The number of tickets sold each day for an upcoming performance of handel's messiah is given by N(x)=-0.6x^2+14.4x+10, where x is the number of days since the concert was first announced when will daily ticket sales peak and how many tickets will be sold that day?

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anonymous · Answer

are u in calculus?

anonymous · Answer

no algibra word problums are hard for me

anonymous · Answer

set to 0 and solve for x

saifoo.khan · Answer

to find the vertex, -b/2a.
x = 12

saifoo.khan · Answer

@mathhelp23 , that's math 116 or math 117?

anonymous · Answer

math 117 not looking for the vortex

saifoo.khan · Answer

The peak of the sales will be when the graph is on it's peak.
Which means the vertex.

anonymous · Answer

there is no graph it wants the number of days and the number of tickets

saifoo.khan · Answer

That's the same thing math.
you have the equation, u can graph it.
so, when the equation will have it's max, it means that max tickets are sold.

anonymous · Answer

i am still confused

saifoo.khan · Answer

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