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A baseball pitcher allowed 3 runs in 9 innings. At that rate, how many runs would he allow in 36 innings?

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12 runs

Step-by-step explanation

We have that the baseball pitcher allowed 3 runs in 9 innings.

Let the number of runs he allowed in 36 innings be x.

This means that:

3 runs = 9 innings

x runs = 36 innings

Cross-multiply:

=> 3 * 36 = 9 * x

Divide both sides by 9:


\begin{gathered} x\text{ = }\frac{3\cdot\text{ 36}}{9} \\ x\text{ = }12\text{ runs} \end{gathered}

Therefore, at this rate he would allow 12 runs

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