The Maxwell School
Syracuse University
Syracuse University
A state park currently charges no admission fee and is visited by 582 people each day. A researcher has interviewed a sample of the visitors and has concluded that they come from 6 geographic zones. She has collected the following data, where “Travel Cost” is the round-trip transportation cost of visiting the park:
Zone | Travel Cost | Population | Visitors |
1 | $5 | 300 | 30 |
2 | $10 | 900 | 72 |
3 | $15 | 2000 | 120 |
4 | $20 | 5000 | 200 |
5 | $25 | 8000 | 160 |
6 | $30 | 2000 | 0 |
It is also known that the total number of visits to the park (including people from all zones) is given by an equation of the form: P=A-B*Q, where P is the admission fee, Q is the number of visitors, and A and B are constants.