HELP! The height of a basketball thrown by a 6 foot tall man follows a path defined by the function h(x) = -0.5x^2 + 3x + 6 h(x) = −0.5x^2 + 3x + 6, where x is the horizontal distance from where it is thrown. How far away from the basket should the player stand in order for the ball to go in the basket (10 feet high) on its way down? Show all work.

Graph red beads cost $1 an ounce and gold beads cost $3 an ounce. juanita wants to purchase a 12-ounce mixture of red and gold beads that she can sell for $2 an ounce. the solution of the system shows the number of beads needed for juanita to break even. x + y = 12, x + 3y = 24 how many ounces of red beads will juanita buy to break even? how many ounces of gold beads will she buy?

Sasha drank 8 bottles of water everyday for a week. how many bottles of water did she drink in total?

Four individuals pool money together to start a new business and agree to split the profits equally. n invests $6,000, x invests $2,000, y invests $8,000 and z invests $4,000. if the profits for the first month were $100,000, y receives than if the profits were divided in proportion to how much they invested.