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Problem

At a certain amusement park, there is a bulk discount for tickets. If you buy up to 60 tickets in one order, the price for each ticket is \70\ for each additional ticket bought. If is the number of tickets bought in bulk at one time, what is the largest which will bring the amusement park a profit greater than \4200$?
Solution
Letting equal the number of tickets sold in a single order, we get the following inequality: Since the two roots of the left-hand side are 60 and 70, the inequality must change sign at these two points. For , both factors of the inequality are negative, thus making it positive. For , only is negative, so the inequality is negative. Finally, for , both factors are positive, making the inequality positive once again. This tells us that the range of that will result in a profit greater than \4200(60,70)\ is .
Final answer
69