A basketball player stands near the middle of the court and throws the ball toward the basket. The path of the ball is a parabola. The ball leaves the player's hands at a height of 6 feet above the ground. The ball travels to a maximum height of 24 feet when it is a horizontal distance of 12 feet from the player. Write a function to represent the height of the ball, h(x), in terms of distance, x, from the player. The basket hoop is 10 feet high and 20 feet from the player. Will the ball make it into the basket? Show your work that leads you to your answer.

Data from 2005 for various age groups show that for each $100 increase in the median weekly income for whites, the median weekly income of blacks increases by $105. also, for workers of ages 25 to 54 the median weekly income for whites was $676 and for blacks was $527. (a) let w represent the median weekly income for whites and b the median weekly income for blacks, and write the equation of the line that gives b as a linear function of w. b = (b) when the median weekly income for whites is $760, what does the equation in (a) predict for the median weekly income for blacks?