Question

At batting practice, Tj had 20 baseballs pitched to him. He hit the ball 17 times. what percent of the balls pitched did Tj hit?

Answer 1

85%

Explanation:

17/20 * 100 = 85%

Answer 2

Tj hit 85% of the balls pitched.

Explanation:

We know that he hit 17 out of the 20 baseballs pitches to him.

Thus the 100% is the 20 baseballs pitched. This can be represented in the following table:

Baseballs Percentage

20 ⇒ 100%

and since we want to know what porcentage are the 17 balls hitted, we represent this unknown by x:

Baseballs Percentage

20 ⇒ 100%

17 ⇒ x

we solve this problem using rule of three, we must multiply the cross quantities in the table (100% by 17) and then divide by the remaining amount (20):

x = (100%)(17)/20 = 1700%/20 = 85%

Tj hit 85% of the balls pitched.