document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1130236>Question 1130236</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 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.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Using the formula, how many weeks will Lauren need to practice if she expects to earn a batting average of 300?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "her batting average was 250. Lauren intends to increase her batting average by 5 each week. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Using the formula, how many weeks will Lauren need to practice if she expects to earn a batting average of 300? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In his post, @mananth produced wrong answer &nbsp;&nbsp;(21 &nbsp;weeks).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The correct answer to the posed question is  &nbsp;&nbsp;<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28300-250%29%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28300-250%29%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=50%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"50%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 10 weeks,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "based on common sense and without blowing the theorizing bubble, &nbsp;&nbsp;but not &nbsp;21 &nbsp;weeks.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "@mananth, theorizing is good, but at the end you should &nbsp;&nbsp;<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28highlight%28CHECK%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28highlight%28CHECK%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > &nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "if it withstands the critics of the common sense.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Without making check, &nbsp;NOTHING &nbsp;prevents you of making errors.\r<BR>\n" );
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