SOLUTION: The manager of a baseball team received a strange communication from the team's general manager, who told him to select 25 players for his roster according to this formula: 1/2 of
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Question 293604: The manager of a baseball team received a strange communication from the team's general manager, who told him to select 25 players for his roster according to this formula: 1/2 of the team had to be outfielders and infielders 1/4 of the team had to be starting pictures 1/6 of the team had to be relief pitchers 1/8 of the team had to be catchers the manager was taken aback by the innumeracy exhibited by his boss, yet he found a way to comply, How did he do it? Found 2 solutions by brucewill, richwmiller:Answer by brucewill(101) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! This seems a little sick, but this works. Divide the team as specified with 24 names.
1/2 = 12 players
1/4 = 6 players
1/6 = 4 players
1/8 = 3 players.
This totals 25 players.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 1/2+1/8+1/6+1/3=9/8 not 8/8 or 1
As cute as the other tutor's solution is, it isn't mathematically correct.
It can't be solved with the fractions given because they add up to 9/8.
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