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The current price of an amateur theater ticket is $20, and the venue typically sells 520 tickets. A survey found that for each $2 increase in ticket price, 20 fewer tickets are sold.
(a) Write a function /(x) to represent the revenue of the theater after x price increases.
(b) If they maximize their revenue, how many tickets can they expect to sell?
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