SOLUTION: A pitcher's earned-run average E varies directly as the number R of earned runs allowed and inversely as the number I of innings pitched. A certain pitcher had an earned-run averag

Question 168445: A pitcher's earned-run average E varies directly as the number R of earned runs allowed and inversely as the number I of innings pitched. A certain pitcher had an earned-run average of 2.92, giving up 85 earned runs n 262 innings. How many earned runs would the pitcher have given up having pitched 333 innings with the same average?The pitcher would have given up ___ earned
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
E(I)/R=k
2.92(262)/85=k---->k=9
so:
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2.92(333)/R=9----> 9R=972.36--->earned runs
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