1. a researcher is gathering data on people's favorite sports teams. the variable, favorite sports team, is an example of a variable.

a. ordinal

b. nominal

c. ratio

d. interval

Option B) nominal

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given the following:

A researcher is gathering data on people's favorite sports teams.

Variable: favorite sports team

Now, this variable is an example of nominal data because this is a variable with no numeric value.

x = 2

step-by-step explanation:

if sr parallel to ba then the sides bc and ac are in proportion, that is

= ← substitute values

= ( cross- multiply )

27x = 6(4x + 1)

27x = 24x + 6 ( subtract 24x from both sides )

3x = 6 ( divide both sides by 3 )

x = 2