Question

Chads baseball team is practicing hitting in the batting cages. The pitching machines pitch baseballs at a rate of 35 pitches in 5 minutes. Chad practiced hitting for 8 minutes. How many baseballs were pitched to chad in that time

Answer 1

Answer:The pitching machines pitch baseball at a rate of 35 pitches in 5 minutes so you need to find out how many pitches per minute as follows:

35/5 = 7 pitches per minute

In 8 minutes at a rate of 7 pitches per minute Chad was pitched

8 x 7 = 56 baseballs.

Answer: 56 baseballs were pitched to Chad in 8 minutes.

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