The Maine State Fair is one of the largest state fairs in the

United States.

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Assume the following schedule of fees for food vendors at

the Maine State Fair:

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Celestial Concessions is a vendor at the fair.

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Variable Fee:

Concession fees

Fixed Fee:

Electrical service

Employee wages

Fair admission fees

Parking permit fees

Total Fixed Fee

Total Fee to The Maine State Fair

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It draws nearly one million visitors over the ten$-$day period each July and August.

The fair is a non$-$profit organization. It is self$-$supporting and needs, at a minimum,

to break even by generating revenues through various activities. Among the

sources of revenue for The Maine State Fair are the revenues generated from the

food vendors. A number of food vendors offer a wide variety of fair foods

to attendees, including funnel cakes, gyros, cotton candy, milkshakes, and corn

dogs.

$$12$ per linear foot for ground service fees $($front footage $x$ depth$)$

$12\%$ of concessions $($food sales$)$

$$70$ per $10-$day parking permit

$$320$ for $100-$amp electrical service

$$45$ per $10-$day fair admittance pass $($one is included with basic

rental aqreement$)$

It has a food booth that requires $18$ feet of front frontage and is $7$ feet deep.

Celestial Concessions expects to have sales averaging $$5,000$ per day for each of

the $10$ days of the fair. It has a total of three employees who will work the fair

throughout the entire $10-$day period. Celestial Concessions pays for

each employee's fair admission and parking. Assume that the employee wages for

the $10-$day period are expected to total $$2,868.$