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?
The number of hits is given by f(x)
The numbers of HITS are given as 4 12 14 27 42
f(x) = 4 = x-11 solve for 'x' x = 15 PITCHES
f(x) = 12 = x-11 x = 23 pitches
etc
etc......Then add all of the pitches....