A small island off the coast of Cape Cod contains two restaurants and two retail stores. Tourists need to take a ferry boat to reach the island, but with a recent slowdown in the economy, tourists are less willing to pay for the boat ride to visit the island. The owners of the restaurants and stores on the island - Restaurants 1 and 2, and Stores A and B - think that if tourists could ride the ferry for free, they would be happy to visit the island, eat and shop. The business owners are considering contributing to a pool of money that will be used to pay for roundtrip ferry service each day. The table represents their willingness to pay, that is, the maximum amount that each business owner is willing to contribute, per day, to pay for each ferry trip. Store Restaurant 1 Restaurant 2 Store A B First ferry trip $300 $400 $200 $180 Second ferry trip 200 350 150 90 Third ferry trip 100 300 100 30 Fourth ferry trip 50 250 50 0 Suppose the cost to run the ferry for each roundtrip is $750 per day and the 4 business owners have agreed to split the costs of the ferry trips equally. How many ferry trips would the owner of Restaurant 1 prefer to have? 00 O1 02

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A small island off the coast of Cape Cod contains two restaurants and two retail stores. Tourists need to take a ferry boat
to reach the island, but with a recent slowdown in the economy, tourists are less willing to pay for the boat ride to visit
the island. The owners of the restaurants and stores on the island - Restaurants 1 and 2, and Stores A and B - think that
if tourists could ride the ferry for free, they would be happy to visit the island, eat and shop. The business owners are
considering contributing to a pool of money that will be used to pay for roundtrip ferry service each day. The table
represents their willingness to pay, that is, the maximum amount that each business owner is willing to contribute, per
day, to pay for each ferry trip.
Store
Restaurant 1 Restaurant 2
Store A
B
First ferry trip
$300
$400
$200
$180
Second ferry trip
200
350
150
90
Third ferry trip
100
300
100
30
Fourth ferry trip
50
250
50
0
Suppose the cost to run the ferry for each roundtrip is $750 per day and the 4 business owners have agreed to split the
costs of the ferry trips equally. How many ferry trips would the owner of Restaurant 1 prefer to have?
00
O1
02
Transcribed Image Text:A small island off the coast of Cape Cod contains two restaurants and two retail stores. Tourists need to take a ferry boat to reach the island, but with a recent slowdown in the economy, tourists are less willing to pay for the boat ride to visit the island. The owners of the restaurants and stores on the island - Restaurants 1 and 2, and Stores A and B - think that if tourists could ride the ferry for free, they would be happy to visit the island, eat and shop. The business owners are considering contributing to a pool of money that will be used to pay for roundtrip ferry service each day. The table represents their willingness to pay, that is, the maximum amount that each business owner is willing to contribute, per day, to pay for each ferry trip. Store Restaurant 1 Restaurant 2 Store A B First ferry trip $300 $400 $200 $180 Second ferry trip 200 350 150 90 Third ferry trip 100 300 100 30 Fourth ferry trip 50 250 50 0 Suppose the cost to run the ferry for each roundtrip is $750 per day and the 4 business owners have agreed to split the costs of the ferry trips equally. How many ferry trips would the owner of Restaurant 1 prefer to have? 00 O1 02
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