In Volleyball, players serve the ball to the opposing team. If the opposing team fails to hit the ball, the services is called an ace. A player's ace average is the number of aces served divided by the number of games played. A certain player has an ace average of 0.3 and has played in 70 games this season.

How many aces has the player served?

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Miriam Walters

2 June, 14:12

In Volleyball, players serve the ball to the opposing team. If the opposing team fails to hit the ball, the services is called an ace. A player's ace average is the number of aces served divided by the number of games played. A certain player has an ace average of 0.3 and has played in 70 games this season.

How many aces has the player served?

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Avery Suarez · Answer 1

To solve, I would write an equation like this: 0.3=x/70, where x is the number of aces divided by 70 games and 0.3 is his ace average.

0.3=x/70

x=70x0.3

=21

The player has served 21 aces.

Check:

21/70

=0.3