Answer to Question #257212 in Algebra for Ieatass24/7

Question

A baseball player had 4 hits in 8 games. At this rate, how many hits will the baseball player have in the next 28 games?

14

24

28

56

Answer 1

The baseball player had 4 hits in 8 games,

If 4 hits =8 games,then in 1 game there are 0.5 hits.

In 28 games, there are

28 games=X hits

1 game = 0.5 hits

X =(28 x 0.5) hits

$\therefore$ X=14 hits