Question

Sarafina had 34 out of 99 hits when she was at bat during softball season. What was her batting average during her softball season?

Answer 1

Batting average of Sarafina during softball season is 0.3434 hits per hit

Solution:

Given that Sarafina has 34 out of 99 hits at batting during softball season.

Need to calculate batting average

Batting average =
`\frac{\text { successful hits }}{\text { total hits provided }}`

Successful hits are 34, total hits provided = 99

By substituting the values in above batting average formula, we get

So batting average =
`(34)/(99)` = 0.3434 hits per hit

Hence batting average of Sarafina during softball season is 0.3434 hits per hit.