Web Application Chapter 15 page 630

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority offers transportation via subway, rail, bus, and boat. Dr. Nafez Alyan divided his business math class into four groups. Each group was assigned a mode of transportation. The goals of each group were to find the fare, interview a port authority employee, and find the dollar amount of daily sales. Then, the students were to calculate the mean number of tickets sold each day. To narrow the assignment down, Dr. Alyan gave permission to use adult cash fares only. Group 1 was assigned to the subway.

Type in www.mbta.com/text-only/ and select ticket booth. Now assist group 1 in completing the assignment. Start at www.fhwa.dot.gov and surf your way to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Web site.

1. What is the basic adult cash fare for rapid transit (subway)?

2. Information gathered from the port authority employee on number of adult tickets sold for cash: Monday = 342; Tuesday = 299; Wednesday = 351; Thursday = 300; and Friday = 237.

3. Using information from question 2, find sales in dollars for each day.

4. What were mean sales, in dollars, per day?

Show your work and include the date of the information used in your answer.

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