The [Detroit] Pistons did not lose because of the lack of ability. They are an all-around better team. They lost because of the law of averages. They will beat the [San Antonio] Spurs every two times out of three. When you examine the NBA finals [of 2005], that is exactly how they lost the seventh (last game) because that would have been three out of three. The Spurs will beat the Pistons one out of three. It just so happens that, that one time was the final game, because the Pistons had already won two in a row.

Delbert keeps track of total of the total number of points he earns on homework assignments, each of which is worth 60 points. at the end of the semester he has 810 points. write an equation for delbert’s average homework score a in terms of the number of assignments n.

Time (minutes) amount of water (gallons) practice 1. jin fills up a 510-gallon pool in the backyard for her children. she fills it with the garden hose at a rate of 17 gallons per minute. after it is filled, she lets it sit for 30 minutes in order to let the water temperature rise. the children then get in and have fun for an hour. the pool loses about 5 gallon of water each minute due to their splashing and playing. at the end of the hour, they tear the pool while getting out, which causes a leak the pool then begins to lose water at a rate of 2 gallons per minute. a. complete the table to show the amount of water in the pool after each minute. b. create a graph to model the problem situation. include when the pool will be empty. c. write a piecewise function that models this problem situation. explain your reasoning for each piece of the function. d. identify the x- and y-intercept. explain what they mean in terms of the problem situation, atamantha a cul 80 100 120 150 200 ning, inc

Sections of prefabricated woods are each 5 1/3 feet long, how long are 7 1/2 sections placed end to end?