Question

The LA Dodgers hit the most home

runs in 2014. The number of home
runs accounted for 6% of the entire
Major League Baseball home run
count. If 583 total home runs were hit,
approximately how many did the LA
Dodgers hit?

Answer 1

Answer: The LA Dodgers hit 35 home runs, approximately.

Explanation:

Let be "x" the approximate number of home runs that the LA Dodgers hit.

You know that a total of 583 home runs were hit, so this number represents the 100% of the entire Major League Baseball home run count.

Knowing that the number of home runs that were hit by the LA Dodgers represents the 6%, you can write the following proportion:

`(583)/(100)=(x)/(6)`

Now you must solve for "x" in order to find its value.

Multiplying both sides of the equation by 6, you get the following result:

`((583)/(100))(6)=((x)/(6))(6)\\\\x=34.98\\\\x\approx35`