Question

Short Response To earn a varsity letter on the baseball team, you must play in 60% of the games. Derek played in 11 out of 18 baseball games. Did he earn q Varsity letter? Explain your reasoning

Answer 1

Derek played in 61% of the games, so he earned a varsity letter on the baseball team.

Step-by-step explanation:

To earn a varsity letter on the baseball team, a student must play in 60% of the games. Derek played in 11 out of 18 baseball games. To determine if he earned a varsity letter, we need to calculate the percentage of games he played.

First, we divide the number of games Derek played (11) by the total number of games (18):

11/18 = 0.61

Multiplying this value by 100, we find that Derek played in approximately 61% of the games. Since 61% is greater than the required 60%, Derek earned a varsity letter on the baseball team.

Answer 2

Yes, he earned a Varsity letter because he played in 61% of the games.

Step-by-step explanation:

To know the percent of games he played out of the total, we can do it by dividing the games he played by the total of games and multiply this by 100% to get the percent of games he played:

`(11)/(18)*100%`

We solve:

0.611111*100% = 61.11%

So we know that he earned a letter because he played in 61.11% of the games, more than he needed.