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An amusement park prices tickets at [tex]\$55[/tex] and sells an average of 500 tickets daily. The management finds, over multiple increases in ticket pricing, that a [tex]\$2[/tex] increase in the price of a ticket leads to an average of 20 fewer tickets being sold in a day.

Management uses the combined function [tex]P[/tex] to model the daily earnings of the amusement park, where [tex]x[/tex] is the number of [tex]\[tex]$2[/tex] increases in the price of a ticket.
\[
P(x) = -40x^2 - 100x + 27,500
\]

Use the given information to complete the sentences.

The constant of the polynomial expression represents the $[/tex]\square$ in the price of a ticket.

The binomial [tex](500 - 20x)[/tex] is a factor of the polynomial expression and represents the $\square$ in the price of a ticket.



Answer :

To solve the problem, we need to analyze the polynomial expression provided for the amusement park's daily earnings and determine what the constant term and one of the binomial factors represent.

Given polynomial:
[tex]\[ P(x) = -40x^2 - 100x + 27,500 \][/tex]

1. Constant Term Analysis:
- The constant term in the polynomial [tex]\( P(x) = -40x^2 - 100x + 27,500 \)[/tex] is [tex]\( 27,500 \)[/tex].
- This constant term represents the daily earnings of the amusement park when there is no change in the ticket price. In other words, it is the daily earnings when the ticket price is at its original value of [tex]$55. 2. Binomial Factor Analysis: - The binomial factor component that affects the earnings as price changes is given by \( (500 - 20x) \). - This binomial expression considers the number of tickets sold daily when the ticket price is increased by \( \$[/tex]2 \) increments. Specifically, for each [tex]\( \$2 \)[/tex] increase in the price, 20 fewer tickets are sold.
- Therefore, this binomial factor [tex]\( (500 - 20x) \)[/tex] represents the number of tickets sold per day considering the changes in the price of a ticket.

Thus, the correct answers to complete the sentences are:
- The constant of the polynomial expression represents the daily earnings when there is no change in the price of a ticket.
- The binomial [tex]\((500 - 20x)\)[/tex] is a factor of the polynomial expression and represents the number of tickets sold per day considering changes in the price of a ticket.