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Mark leads the baseball league with his batting average. He strikes out 1 time for every 5 hits he got. If he went to bat 500 times. How many times did he strike out?

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Answer:

100 hits

Explanation:

Given

[tex]1\ time = 5\ hits[/tex]

Required

Determine hits in 500 times

Represent the number of hits with x

The given parameters can be represented with the following ratio:

[tex]1 : 5[/tex]

The required parameters can be represented with the following ratio:

[tex]x : 500[/tex]

Equate both ratios

[tex]1 : 5 = x : 500[/tex]

Convert to fractions

[tex]\frac{1}{5} = \frac{x}{500}[/tex]

Solve for x

[tex]x = 500 * \frac{1}{5}[/tex]

[tex]x = 100[/tex]