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Find the value of the variable and the length of each secant segment

What is the effect on the graph of the parent function f(x) = x when f(x) is replaced with 3f(x)? a) shifts the line 3 units up b) shifts the line 3 units down c) increases the slope of the line by a factor of 3 d) decreases the slope of the line by a factor of 3

The la dodgers hit the most homeruns in 2014. the number of homeruns accounted for 6% of the entire major leauge baseball homerun count. if 583 total homeruns were hit, approximately how many did the la dodgers hit