A school puts on a play. The play costs $1,200 in expenses. The students charge $4.00 for tickets. There will be one performance of the play in an auditorium that seats 500 people. What is the domain of the function that shows the profit as a function of the number of tickets sold?

The domain is all real numbers from negative 1,200 to positive 2,000

The domain is all integers from negative 1,200 to positive 2,000.

The domain is the integers from 0 to 500.

The domain is all real numbers from 0 to 500.

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A school puts on a play. The play costs $1,200 in expenses. The students charge $4.00 for tickets. There will be one performance of the play in an auditorium that seats 500 people. What is the domain of the function that shows the profit as a function of the number of tickets sold? 

The domain is all real numbers from negative 1,200 to positive 2,000

The domain is all integers from negative 1,200 to positive 2,000.

The domain is the integers from 0 to 500.

The domain is all real numbers from 0 to 500.

phi · Answer

to answer this, it would be nice to write down the function:
 the function that shows the profit as a function of the number of tickets sold

if x is the number of tickets sold,  how much money do they get if the sell x tickets ?

anonymous · Answer

umm....

phi · Answer

if you sold 1 ticket (at $4.00 per ticket),  and paid 1200 to put on the play, how much money did you make (or lose in this case) ?

anonymous · Answer

I got it nevermind