Lakeshore Cinemas is considering a contract to rent a movie for
$1,980 per day. The contract requires a minimum one-week rental
period. Estimated attendance is as follows:
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |||||||
450 | 300 | 200 | 550 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 500 | |||||||
Required
Determine the average cost per person of the movie rental contract separately for each day.
Suppose that Lakeshore chooses to price movie tickets at cost as computed in Requirement a plus $3. What price would it charge per ticket on each day of the week?
Use weekly averaging to determine a reasonable price to charge for movie tickets.
Average cost per person = Movie rent per day Estimated attendance
Price per ticket each day = Average cost per person + $ 3
Day | Attendance | Average cost per person | Price per ticket |
Monday | 450 | $4.40 | $7.40 |
Tuesday | 300 | $6.60 | $9.60 |
Wednesday | 200 | $9.90 | $12.90 |
Thursday | 550 | $3.60 | $6.60 |
Friday | 1000 | $1.98 | $4.98 |
Saturday | 1000 | $1.98 | $4.98 |
Sunday | 500 | $3.96 | $6.96 |
Weekly average = ( $ 7.40 + $ 9.60 + $ 12.90 + $ 6.60 + $ 4.98 + $ 4.98 + $ 6.96) 7
Reasonable price to charge for movie tickets = $ 7.63
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