Answer:
John need to get 293 in his next game to bring his average up to 183.
Step-by-step explanation:
John starts with N games played and averaging 177 points per game.
In game N+1, John scored 199 points.
So, John has now played (N+1) = 22 games.
We need to know what score John needs in game 23 to bring his average to 183.
Check out the graph below. We see that (3,0) is a root or x intercept. More specifically, the graph only touches the x axis at this point, rather than cross over (in contrast to a root like (-2,0) ). We say that the root here is of multiplicity 2. The multiplicity is due to the exponent of 2 over the (x-3) factor.
You can also say that the graph is decreasing on the left side of (3,0) and then it bounces off the root x = 3 to increase afterward. In this region, the graph never goes below the x axis.
