document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1144874>Question 1144874</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The formula for a baseball player's slugging percentage is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If a player has 58 singles, 24 doubles, 8 triples, and 39 home runs, with 324 At bats. What is the player's slugging percentage?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A. 0.524\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B. 0.779\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C. 0.883\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "D. 0.736 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Is C correct?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The question and the answer choices in the link here: https://prnt.sc/p48n1a </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #766058 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=math_helper><B>math_helper(2461)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=math_helper><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=math_helper><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=766058\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The formula for a baseball player's slugging percentage is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "SLG = (1*58 + 2*24 + 3*8 + 4*39) / 324<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use your calculator to compute  SLG = 0.883<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "SLG was created to correct for a deficiency in \"batting average.\"   In the regular batting average calculation, extra base hits are weighed the same as a single, while SLG weighs the extra base hits more (e.g. home run is 4x the weight of a single), thus producing a better picture of a player's hit production.   \r<BR>\n" );
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