Question

A baseball player has 39 hits in 134 times at bat. how many hits must he get in the next 46 times at bat to finish the year with a .400 batting average? (batting average is the average number of hits per time at bat)

Answer 1

Answer:

He must get 33 hits in his next 46 times at bat to finish the year with a .400 batting average

Step-by-step explanation:

The player has already batted 134 times and will still bat 46 times. So in the end of the year, he is going to have 134 + 46 = 180 at bats.

How many hits does he need to have to hit .400?

This is 40% of 180, which is 0.4*180 = 72.

He has already 39 hits, so in his next 46 at bats, he will need 72 - 39 = 33 hits.