Question: A street vendor constructs the table below on the basis of sales data. ( Note: Consumer expenditure and revenue are terms for the same thing

A street vendor constructs the table below on the basis of sales data. (Note: Consumer expenditure and revenue are terms for the same thing from different perspectives. Consumer expenditure is the amount of money that consumers spend on a product, and revenue is the amount of money that businesses take in by selling the product.)
Sales of Roses, Given the Price per Dozen
Price
(dollars)Sales
(dozen roses)2016525155301303290
(a) Find a quadratic function for the model of the data that gives the quantity sold at x dollars, data from
20 x 32.
(Round all numerical values to three decimal places.)
S(x)
(b) Find a function for the model for consumer expenditure (revenue for the vendor), where x is the price in dollars, data from
20 x 32.
(Round all numerical values to three decimal places.)
R(x)
(c) What price should the street vendor charge to maximize consumer expenditure? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
$
(d) If each dozen roses costs the vendor $12, what price should he charge to maximize his profit? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
$

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