1. A basketball player made 8 out of 50 free throws she attempted which is 16%. She wants to know how many consecutive free throws more in a row she would have to make to raise her overall successful baskets divided by attempts or percent of successful free throws to 60%. (a) Write an equation to represent this situation.

(b) Solve the equation. How many consecutive free throws would she have to make to raise her percent to 60%?

1 pt for correct answer to part (b), 4 pts for showing steps you took to get the correct answer and showing the formula with variable x that you used in part (a).

Note: correct answer to part (a) has only one variable, the variable x. Need to set up a ratio and cross multiply to solve for x.

X represents how many more consecutive tries she needs to make in a row

to raise her overall average up to 60%

2.

Simplify the expression 3x-12/x^2-15x+44. Show your work.

(NOTE: Must show your factoring work using either the big X strategy covered in class, or the quadratic formula method. Must show how you get factors. Not just give me factors.)

3.

1. Write the expression as a simplified rational expression. Show your work.

14x+4



2 1

+

3x 2x+1

Thank you for any help.