SOLUTION: The Scott's family plays baseball together on 2 days. On the first day Helen Scott gets 1 hit 4 times at bat,So her batting average is 0.25 so far. On the 2nd day her overall batti

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Question 802469: The Scott's family plays baseball together on 2 days. On the first day Helen Scott gets 1 hit 4 times at bat,So her batting average is 0.25 so far. On the 2nd day her overall batting average rises to 0.400.how many hits and bats did she have on the second day to produce that overall batting.
Answer by richwmiller(17219)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(1+x)/(4+y)=.4
one possible solution is 3 hits out of 6 at bats which would make
4 hits out of 10 at bats


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