SOLUTION: Last season a major league baseball player got 50 hits in 200 times at bat. If the player expects to bat 400 times in the entire season with the same ratio of hits to at bats, how

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Question 285560: Last season a major league baseball player got 50 hits in 200 times at bat. If the player expects to bat 400 times in the entire season with the same ratio of hits to at bats, how many hits can the player expect to have?
The player will have ____hits.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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His ratio of (hits)/(times at bat) = 50%2F200
50%2F200+=+5%2F20
5%2F20+=+1%2F4
Let x = number of hits he can expect to have
x%2F400+=+1%2F4
Multiply both sides by 400
x+=+100
He can expect to have 100 hits