X = 0 or x = -1
You can solve this by using the second equation, which is already solved for y and subbing that in for y in the first equation.
14x + (3x^2 - 11x - 4) = -4
14x + 3x^2 - 11x = 0
3x^2 + 3x = 0
Then you can solve by pulling out the greatest common factor
3x(x + 1) = 0
Then set each part equal to 0
3x = 0
x = 0
x + 1 = 0
x = -1
Answer:
He paid $6.54 for each ball
The exponential model would take the form:

A, the initial value is 2, we will use 3 days and 8 tops to find k, or the rate.


Now, plugging in 6 days:


The linear would take the form:
y = mx+b
First the slope would be: (8-2)/(3-1) = 3
And to find b we could plug in the point (8,3):
8 = 3(3)+b
b = 8-9
b = -1
y = 3x-1
At x=6
y = 3(6)-1
y = 17
Thus, the exponential is almost double the result of the linear! Hope that helps.