SOLUTION: I really need HELP! Week 4 Application Assignment Answer the following questions. In 2004 Major League Baseball, Barry Bonds, playing for the San Francisco Giants of the National L

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Question 387557: I really need HELP! Week 4 Application Assignment Answer the following questions. In 2004 Major League Baseball, Barry Bonds, playing for the San Francisco Giants of the National League, collected 44 hits in 117 at-bats in his first 49 games. The ratio of number of hits to number of at-bats, rounded to the nearest thousandth, is a player’s batting average. What was Bond’s batting average in his first 49 games? Set the ratio hits to at-bats and convert to a decimal. Based on the ratio of number of hits to number of games, how many hits would he get in a 162-game season? Set a proportion and solve for the unknown. Based on the ratio of number of hits to number of at-bats and assuming he bats 400 times in 2004, how many hits would he get?
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he got 44 hits in 117 at bats in 49 games.

ratio of hits to at bats is equal to 44/117

44/117 = .376068376.

rounded to the nearest thousandth that equals .376

ratio of hits to games is equal to 44/49.

44/49 = .897959184

based on the ratio of hits to games, he will get .897959184 * 162 = 145.4693878 hits in a 162 game season.

based on the ratio of hits to at bats, he will get .376068376 * 400 = 150.4273504 hits in 400 at bats.

these round to 145 hits in a 162 game season and 150 hits in 400 at bats.