Question

Kim's softball team is playing in the championship game. They are losing by a score of 171717 to 666. There are 444 innings to go. Kim wants to know how many runs her team needs per inning to win the game if the other team does not score. (Each run is worth 111 point.) Let rrr represent the number of runs per inning. Assume that the team scores the same number of runs per inning, and write an inequality to determine the number of runs per inning needed to win the game.

Answer 1

171717-666 = 171051 runs are needed.

171051 / 444 = 385.25 points per inning are needed

385.25 / 111 = 3.47 runs are needed per inning, round up to 4