The rate of ventilation required in a public school classroom depends on the volume of air space per child. The model y = 80.4 - 11 In x, 100 ≤ x ≤ 1500 approximates the minimum required rate of ventilation y (in cubic feet per minute per child) in a classroom with x cubic feet of air space per child.

(a) Use a graphing utility to graph the function and approximate the required rate of ventilation in a room with 300 cubic feet of air space per child.

(b) A classroom of 30 students has an air conditioning system that moves 450 cubic feet of air per minute. Determine the rate of ventilation per child.

(c) Use the graph in part (a) to estimate the minimum required air space per child for the classroom in part (b).

(d) The classroom in part (b) has 960 square feet of floor space and a ceiling that is 12 feet high. Is the rate of ventilation for this classroom adequate? Explain.

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