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?

Select one of the options below as your answer:

A.
{13, 21, 24, 26, 44}

B.
{17, 24, 27, 28, 35}

C.
{20, 27, 32, 33, 45}

D.
{15, 23, 25, 38, 53}

Question

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?

Select one of the options below as your answer:
 


A. 
{13, 21, 24, 26, 44}




B. 
{17, 24, 27, 28, 35}




C. 
{20, 27, 32, 33, 45}




D. 
{15, 23, 25, 38, 53}

anonymous · Answer

Substitute: {4, 12, 14, 27, 42} into f(x) = x – 11 as the f(x).

I.e. 4 = x - 11, x=?
solve for the rest

anonymous · Answer

d
{15,23,25,38,53}