Question

Suppose a professional baseball player hit 55 home runs his first season, 58 his second,

and 69 his third. How many home runs would he need to hit in the current season so that
his average for the 4 years is no less than 59?

Answer 1

About 54

Explanation:

To work backwards from average, you need to multiply the average by the total number of cases, which is 4, since there are 3 current cases/seasons and you want the 4th.

59 * 4 = 236

You then subtract the total home runs that you know of from 236.

236 - 55 - 58 - 69 = 54

To find average, you are adding to the total and then dividing by the number of groups, which is essentially mean (mean is basically the average).