Derek Jeter, the short stop for the New York Yankees, a major league baseball team, played in 159 games in 2012 and hit 15 home runs. If he plays a total of 1272 games in
his career, approximately how many home runs will he hit?
[A] Write a proportion that is defined by this situation.
[B] Explain how the cross product is used to solve the problem.
[C] Answer the question.

Suppose there is a simple index of three stocks, stock abc, stock xyz, and stock qrs. stock abc opens on day 1 with 4000 shares at $3.15 per share. stock xyz opens on day 1 with 5000 shares at $4.30 per share. stock qrs opens on day 1 with 6000 shares at $4.60 per share. the price of stock abc on day 8 begins at $3.50. the price of stock xyz on day 8 begins at $3.90. stock qrs opens on day 8 with a price of $4.50 per share. assume that each stock has the same number of shares that it opened with on day 1. what is the rate of change of this simple index over 1 week?

Marla bought a book for $12.95, a binder for $3.49, and a backpack for $44.99. the sales tax rate is 6%. find the amount of tax and the total she paid for these items

Steve had 48 chocolates but he decided to give 8 chocolats to each of his f coworkers. how many chocolates does steve have left