Question

Mark leads the baseball league with his batting average. He strikes out 1 time for every 5 hits he got. If he went to bat 500 times. How many times did he strike out?

Answer 1

Answer:

100 hits

Explanation:

Given

$1\ time = 5\ hits$

Required

Determine hits in 500 times

Represent the number of hits with x

The given parameters can be represented with the following ratio:

$1 : 5$

The required parameters can be represented with the following ratio:

$x : 500$

Equate both ratios

$1 : 5 = x : 500$

Convert to fractions

$\frac{1}{5} = \frac{x}{500}$

Solve for x

$x = 500 * \frac{1}{5}$

$x = 100$