Question

Baseball player went up to bat 500 times in a season. He hit the ball 150 times.find the rate of balls hit to times at bat. Express as a simplified fraction

Answer 1

Since he hit 150 balls out of 500, then you would need to put it into a fraction. 150/500. Since we can simplify it we divide the fraction by the greatest number that can divide both of those into whole numbers. The greatest number is 50. So 150/50 = 3, and 500/50 = 10. The fraction you are looking for is 3/10

Answer 2

`(3)/(10)`.

Explanation:

We have been given that baseball player went up to bat 500 times in a season. He hit the ball 150 times. We are asked to find the rate of balls hit to times at bat.

The all balls played are 500 and balls hit are 150.

`\frac{\text{At-bat}}{\text{Balls hit}}=(150)/(500)`

`\frac{\text{At-bat}}{\text{Balls hit}}=(15)/(50)`

`\frac{\text{At-bat}}{\text{Balls hit}}=(3*5)/(5*10)`

`\frac{\text{At-bat}}{\text{Balls hit}}=(3)/(10)`

Therefore, the rate of balls hit to times at-bat is
`(3)/(10)`.