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Question 1130236: Lauren is planning to raise her batting average. When she set up her weekly practice schedule, her batting average was 250. Lauren intends to increase her batting average by 5 each week. Find a pattern and write a formula that will give her expected batting average after n weeks.
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Using the formula, how many weeks will Lauren need to practice if she expects to earn a batting average of 300?
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Lauren is planning to raise her batting average. When she set up her weekly practice schedule, her batting average was 250. Lauren intends to increase her batting average by 5 each week. Find a pattern and write a formula that will give her expected batting average after n weeks.
a1 =
d=
Using the formula, how many weeks will Lauren need to practice if she expects to earn a batting average of 300?
She starts her batting average with 250
She increases it by 5 every week
So we use the formula for arithmetic sequence
We can calculate average by the formula
tn= a+(n-1)d
Expected batting average = 350
a= 250, d=5 and n=? , tn= 350
350 = 250+(n-1)*5
350-250 = (n-1)*5
100/5 = n-1
20 =n-1
n=21
Lauren's expected batting average would be 350 after 21 weeks
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