Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
An baseball player’s batting average decreases from 0.312 to 0.278 .
Let be the initial baseball player’s batting average and be the final baseball player’s batting average .
Initial value = 0.312
Final value = 0.278
So, change in value =Final value - Initial value = =
Therefore , decrease in value = 0.034
We know that percent decreased = ( decrease in value × 100 ) ÷ Initial value
i.e. ,
Or we can say percentage change in baseball player’s batting average =