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26 March, 22:02

A baseball player's batting average is found by dividing the number of hits the player has by the number of at-bats the player has. Suppose a baseball player has 45 hits and 130 at-bats. Write and solve an equation to model the number of consecutive hits the player needs in order to raise his batting average to 0.400. Explain how you found your answer.

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  1. 26 March, 23:22
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    12 hits

    Step-by-step explanation:

    Let x be the number of hits needed

    1 hit equals an at-bat.

    (45+x) hits / (130+x) at-bats = 0.4

    (45+x) = 0.4 (130+x)

    45 + x = 52 + 0.4x

    45 - 52 = 0.4x - x

    -7 = - 0.6x

    x = - 7/-0.6

    x = 11.667

    x = 12 (approximately)

    12 hits are necessary since there are no fraction of hits
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