Mariam went to the store to buy some apples. The price per pound of the apples is $6 per pound and she has a coupon for $2.25 off the final amount. With the coupon, how much would Mariam have to pay to buy 3 pounds of apples? Also, write an expression for the cost to buy p
p pounds of apples, assuming at least one pound is purchased.

Problems and applications q5 four roommates are planning to spend the weekend in their dorm room watching old movies, and they are debating how many to watch. here is their willingness to pay for each film: willingness to pay (dollars) shen antonio dmitri jake first film 10 9 8 3 second film 8 7 6 2 third film 6 5 4 1 fourth film 4 3 2 0 fifth film 2 1 0 0 within the dorm room, the showing of a movie a public good. if it costs $12 to rent a movie, the roommates should rent movies in order to maximize the total surplus. suppose the roommates choose to rent the optimal number of movies you just indicated and then split the cost of renting equally. this means that each roommate will pay $ .