Answer:
Jay's estimate is closer to the actual weight of the basketball
Step-by-step explanation:
The standard weight of an NBA basketball is 1.4 pounds.
Judging the accuracy of Jay's and Shawna's answer based on their percentage error when compared with the standard, we have that Jay's answer has a lower error as shown below
Error = (Standard value - Estimated value)/ Standard Value ×100
Error in Jays answer = 
× 100 = 64.28 %
Error in Shawna's answer = 
× 100 = 96.42%
From this, It is obvious that Jay's answer has a lower percentage error when compared to the actual value.
Let's solve this by using the quadratic formula:
Note that we only use the coefficients so a=12, b=-14, and c=-6.
Plug values in the quadratic equation:
And so by evaluating those values we obtain:
Now we have two answers which are our factors one where we add another where we subtract and so:
First factor:
Second Factor:
And so your factors are
meaning that those are your roots/x-intercepts.
5:
1/2 , 3/5 , .606 , 13/20 , 66%
6:
0.09 , 1/10 , 12% , .13 , 3/20
50. i’m sure you’re learning the proper mathematical way to do that, but my brain went ‘4+5 is 9. that’s 10 times less than 90’
