You have 72 hits in 160 times at bat. Your batting average is or 0.45. How many consecutive hits must 160 you get to increase your batting average to 0.56?

1 Answer
Jun 30, 2017

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

We can write the equation to solve this problem as:

(72 + h)/(160 + h) = 0.560

Where h is the number of consecutive hits need.

Solving for h gives:

color(red)((160 + h)) xx (72 + h)/(160 + h) = color(red)((160 + h)) xx 0.560

cancel(color(red)((160 + h))) xx (72 + h)/color(red)(cancel(color(black)(160 + h))) = (color(red)(160) xx 0.560) + (color(red)(h) xx 0.560)

72 + h = 89.6 + 0.560h

-color(red)(72) + 72 + h - color(blue)(0.560h) = -color(red)(72) + 89.6 + 0.560h - color(blue)(0.560h)

0 + (1 - color(blue)(0.560))h = 17.6 + 0

0.44h = 17.6

(0.44h)/color(red)(0.44) = 17.6/color(red)(0.44)

(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(0.44)))h)/cancel(color(red)(0.44)) = 40

h = 40

You will need color(red)(40) consecutive hits to move your batting average from 0.450 to 0.560