Bruce pitches for his little brother's baseball team. He has observed that the number of pitches a batter hits varies and is given by the function

f (x) = x - 11, where x is the number of pitches and f (x) is the number of hits. If batters get {4, 12, 14, 27, 42} hits, how many pitches did Bruce throw

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Petersen

27 January, 20:12

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Marilyn Howe · Answer 1

F (x) = x-11

Plug in each number of hits in to f (x).

4=x-11 add 11 to both sides.

15=x

4|x=15

12|x=23

14|x=25

27|x=38

42|x=53