SOLUTION: IN BASEBALL A PLAYERS BATTING AVERAGE IS THE RATIO OF HITS TO THE NUMBER OF TIME SHE OR SHE HAS BATTED. IF THE PLAYER HAS AN AVERAGE OF .300 IT MEANS HE OR SHE GOT 300 HITS IN 1000
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Question 21389: IN BASEBALL A PLAYERS BATTING AVERAGE IS THE RATIO OF HITS TO THE NUMBER OF TIME SHE OR SHE HAS BATTED. IF THE PLAYER HAS AN AVERAGE OF .300 IT MEANS HE OR SHE GOT 300 HITS IN 1000 AT BATS. IN ORDER TO HAVE AN AVERAGE OF .300 HOW MANY HITS WOULD THE BATTER HAVE TO GET IN 400 BATS
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Answer by elima(1433) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The first ratio would be;
300:1000
The second:
x:400
your proportion;
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solve to find x; which would be the number of hits the batter needs;
Cross multiply to solve;
300(400)=1000x
120,000=1000x
120=x
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Hope you understand
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