SOLUTION: A baseball player gets 12 hits in the first 28 games of the season. If he continues hitting at the same rate. How many hits will he get in the first 35 games?

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Question 1187501: A baseball player gets 12 hits in the first 28 games of the season. If he continues hitting at the same rate. How many hits will he get in the first 35 games?
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A baseball player gets 12 hits in the first 28 games of the season.
If he continues hitting at the same rate. How many hits will he get in the first 35 games?
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Assuming the rate is the same, write and use the proportion


    12%2F28 = x%2F35


From the proportion, find the unknown number of hits in 35 games


    x = %2812%2A35%29%2F28 = 12%2A%285%2F4%29 = 3*5 = 15.      ANSWER

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