Question

A baseball player got 10 hits in 39 times at bat. What percent of his times at bat did he get a hit?

Answer 1

`25.64%` rounded to 2 decimal places

Explanation:

Percentage is just another way of writing a fraction. For example:

sixteen percent is `16/100` The only difference with percentage in fraction form the bottom number (denominator) is always 100.

There are two formats for percentage;

One is: 16%

The other is `16/100`

They both represent the same thing.
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`("10 hits")/("39 times at bat") -> 10/39`

Let the percentage be expressed as:`x/100`

So `10/39=x/100`

Multiply both sides by 100 giving

`10/39xx100=x xx 100/100`

But `100/100=1`

`10/39xx100=x xx 1`

`x~~25.64` to 2 decimal places

Note that the `~~` means approximately equal to.

Decimals that are rounded are not exact.
Decimals where the decimal values go on for ever are not exact.