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For the first half of a baseball season, a player had 93 hits out of 274 times at bat. The player's batting average was 93274 ≈ 0.339. During the second half of the season, the player had 60 hits out of 283 times at bat. The player's batting average was 60283 ≈ 0.212. (Round your answers to three decimal places.)(a) What is the average (mean) of 0.339 and 0.212? ______(b) What is the player's batting average for the complete season? ______(c) Does the answer in part (a) equal the average in part (b)? ___ yes ___ no

For the first half of a baseball season, a player had 93 hits out of 274 times at-example-1

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a.

The mean is:


(0.339+0.212)/(2)=0.275

b.

To find the complete season we add the number of hits and divide it by the total number times at the bat:


(93+60)/(274+283)=0.275

c.

Yes they are the same

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