document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=973858>Question 973858</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A baseball player's batting average is found by dividing the number of hits the player has by the number of at-bats the player has.  Suppose a baseball player has 45 hits and 130 at-bats. Write and solve an equation to model the number of consecutive hits the player needs in order to raise his batting average to 0.400. Explain how you found your answer. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #595896 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=595896\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> x= number of hits needed,  Each hit equals an at bat.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(45+x)/(130+x) =0.4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply  both sides by (130+x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "45+x=52+ 0.4 x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.6 x=7; divide by 0.6.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=12 (11.667)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "check 57/142 (12 hits) 0.401<BR>\n" );
document.write( "56/141 (11 hits)  0.397\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So 12 hits are necessary, since there are no fractions of hits. </SPAN>\n" );
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