SOLUTION: The formula for a baseball player's slugging percentage is: If a player has 58 singles, 24 doubles, 8 triples, and 39 home runs, with 324 At bats. What is the player's sluggin

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Question 1144874: The formula for a baseball player's slugging percentage is:

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?

A. 0.524

B. 0.779

C. 0.883

D. 0.736

Is C correct?
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The formula for a baseball player's slugging percentage is:



SLG = (1*58 + 2*24 + 3*8 + 4*39) / 324

Use your calculator to compute SLG = 0.883




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.