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Basic Concepts Batting Average
In baseball, the average performance of a batter, expressed as a ratio of a
batter's hits to official times at bat, is the Batting Average.
Batting Average Number of base hits Number of official times at bat
Example John, who was named the top batter last year with a batting
average of 0.34, had 550 official times at bat last year. How many
base hits did John have last year?
Class Notes
(Batting Average) (Number of base hits)
If the batting average is 0.34, this means that the player will have hits when he
has 100 official times at bat.
Since 50 hits is half of 100 hits, the number of hits is , and since 550 hits is 50 hits
times , the number of hits is .
Therefore, the number of base hits John had last year is .
Try It Again Ryan had 90 hits out of 250 times at bat. Find the batting
average of Ryan.
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In baseball, the average performance of a batter, expressed as a ratio of a
batter's hits to official times at bat, is the Batting Average.
Batting Average Number of base hits Number of official times at bat
Example John, who was named the top batter last year with a batting
average of 0.34, had 550 official times at bat last year. How many
base hits did John have last year?
Class Notes
(Batting Average) (Number of base hits)
If the batting average is 0.34, this means that the player will have hits when he
has 100 official times at bat.
Since 50 hits is half of 100 hits, the number of hits is , and since 550 hits is 50 hits
times , the number of hits is .
Therefore, the number of base hits John had last year is .
Try It Again Ryan had 90 hits out of 250 times at bat. Find the batting
average of Ryan.
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