The table shows the American League batting champions for the years 1999–2003. The sum of these five batting averages is 1.754.
Write and solve an equation to determine the batting average x for Bill Mueller, the 2003 batting champion. 1999 Nomar Garciaparra Boston
.357
2000 Nomar Garciaparra Boston
.372
2001 Ichiro Suzuki Seattle
.350
2002 Manny Ramirez Boston
.349
2003 Bill Mueller Boston
x
A. .357 + .372 + .350 + .349 + x = 1.754; .326
B. .357 + .372 + .350 + .349 + x = 1.754; .316
C. x + 1.754 = .357 + .372 + .350 + .349; .326
D. 1.718 – x = .357
The answer is <span>A. .357 + .372 + .350 + .349 + x = 1.754; .326 </span> x1 - average of <span>1999 Nomar Garciaparra Boston </span>x2 - average of 2000 Nomar Garciaparra Boston x3 - average of <span>2001 Ichiro Suzuki Seattle </span>x4 - average of Manny Ramirez Boston x - average of <span>2003 Bill Mueller Boston
</span><span>The sum of these five batting averages is 1.754: x1 + x2 + x3 + x4 + x = 1.754
From the table: x1 = 0.357 x2 = 0.372 x3 = 0.350 x4 = 0.349 x = ?
<u>0.357 + 0.372 + 0.350 + 0.349 + x = 1.754</u>
1.428 + x = 1.754 x = 1.754 - 1.428 <u>x = 0.326</u></span>
