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Question 1100641: In the 2009 Major League Baseball season, a fictional baseball player, playing for the team of the National League, collected 117
hits in 437
at-bats in his first 112
games.
a) The ratio of number of hits to number of at-bats, rounded to the nearest thousandth, is a player's batting average. What was fictional baseball player's batting average in his first 112 games?
b) Based on the ratio of number of hits to number of games, how many hits would he get in the 164-game season?
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a)117/437=0.268 as his batting average
b)437/112=3.9 at bats/game
164x3.9=640 at bats
640 x 0.268=approx. 171 hits in 164 game season
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