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Algebra 2

Word Problems 
1. The number of weekend getaway packages a hotel can sell can be modeled by
-0.12p + 60, where p is the price of a get-away package. The revenue is the product of
the price and the number of packages sold. What price will maximize the revenue? What
is the maximum revenue?

2. The bottom of a box is to be a rectangle with a perimeter of 36 cm. The box must be
4 cm high. What dimensions give the maximum volume?

3. A “Happy Birthday” banner is attached as a party decoration at the top corners of a wall
of a rectangular room. The strip approximates a parabola with equation
y = 0.008(x – 25)2 + 10. The bottom left corner of the wall is the origin, and x and y are
measured in feet. How far apart are the corners? How high are they?
4. The profit P from handmade sweaters depends on the price s at which each sweater is
sold. The function P = -s2 + 120s - 2000 models the monthly profit from sweaters for one
custom tailor. What is the maximum monthly profit, in dollars, determined by this model?