Explanation
Correct answer: 37.
It's given that the museum earns revenue of $ for each tablet rented for the day. It's also given that on Wednesday, the museum earned $ in profit from renting tablets after paying daily expenses of $. Let represent the number of tablets the museum rented on Wednesday. It follows that the total revenue can be represented by the expression . Because , the equation represents this situation. Adding to both sides of this equation yields . Dividing both sides of this equation by yields . Therefore, the museum rented tablets on Wednesday.
Desmos solution:
Note: Enter the relationship as a regression; Desmos prints the unknown as 37.
Enter in Desmos:
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