Polygon C has an area of 40 square units. Kennan drew a scaled version of Polygon C using a scale factor of \dfrac12 2 1 start fraction, 1, divided by, 2, end fraction and labeled it Polygon D.

Noel is hoping to make a profit (in $) on the school play and has determined the function describing the profit to be f(t) = 8t – 2654, where t is the number of tickets sold. what does the number 8 tell you?