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)

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Marilyn

Mathematics

26 April, 16:17

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)

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Maximillian · Answer 1

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.