The area of a parking lot at an amusement park is 1310 square meters. A car requires 5 square meters and a bus requires 32 square meters of space. There can be at most 135 vehicles parked at one time. If the cost to park a car is $5.00 and a bus is $15.00, how many busses should be in the lot to maximize income? a. 24 c. 15 b. 111 d. 23

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Haiden Mcmahon

23 July, 10:42

The area of a parking lot at an amusement park is 1310 square meters. A car requires 5 square meters and a bus requires 32 square meters of space. There can be at most 135 vehicles parked at one time. If the cost to park a car is $5.00 and a bus is $15.00, how many busses should be in the lot to maximize income? a. 24 c. 15 b. 111 d. 23

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Kara Blackburn · Answer 1

15 buses based on calculating the total square footage of the busses and multiplying 15 by 15 them dividing the remaining square footage by 5 to figure out the number of cars and calculating that money