Question

In the next several games, Pedro Smalley, the pitcher threw a total of 384 pitches and used a fastball 240 times. What decimal should Juanita use to update her report? Show your work

Answer 1

5/8

Explanation:

Total pitches thrown = 384

Number of fastballs = 240

To obtain the decimal that should be used to update report ;

Take the ratio of fastballs to the total number of pitches :

Fastballs / total number of pitches

240 / 384

= 30 / 48

= 10 / 16

= 5 / 8 (lowest term)