Question

Baseball A baseball player’s batting average is defined by the verbal model below. During the 2007 Major League Baseball season, Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners batted 678 times and had a batting average of .351. How many hits did Suzuki have?

Short answer

Number of hits $=238$.

Step-by-step solution

Step-1- Writing formula from given information

Let $x$be the number of hits.

Batting average $=$ $\frac{numberofhits}{Numberoftimesatbat}$

Step-2-Solve for value of x

On substituting values, we get

$0.351=\frac{x}{678}$.

Multiplying with $678$on both sides, we get

$\begin{array}{l}0.351\times 678=\frac{x}{678}\times 678\\ x=0.351\times 678\\ x=238\end{array}$

Step-3-Conclusion

Therefore, the number of hits $=238$.