Question

Tommy collects baseball cards. For every card that has a pitcher on it he has 8 that do not. If Tommy has a total of 360 baseball cards, what fraction of them are of players who are not pitchers?

Answer 1

`(8)/(9)`

Explanation:

1 pitcher and 8 no pitcher, so we can say:

8 out of 9 have no pitchers in them

There are 360 in total and 8/9th of them won't have pitchers on them. So that is:

`360*(8)/(9)=320`

So, 320 out of total 360 do not have pitchers on them. In fractional amount, that is:

320/360 = 8/9

So,
`(8)/(9)` are not pitchers