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The airline cost for x thousand passengers to travel round trip from New York to Atlanta is given by
where
a.Find the airline’s cost for 10,000 passengers
b.If the airline charges $320 per passenger, find the profit made by the airline for flying 10,000 passengers from New York to Atlanta.
c. Approximate the number of passengers who traveled from New York to Atlanta if the total cost for the airline was $4 million.
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