This year, a baseball player made 92 hits out of 564 times at bat. Another player made 84 hits out of 634 times at bat. Did the two players have the same batting average?

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Michael Bush

28 August, 07:51

This year, a baseball player made 92 hits out of 564 times at bat. Another player made 84 hits out of 634 times at bat. Did the two players have the same batting average?

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Irvin Palmer · Answer 1

No, when you subtract 564-92 = 472 & the other player has a average of 550

Butchy · Answer 2

92 multiplied by 634 is 58,328

564 multiplied by 84 is 47,376

the two products are not equal so the two players do no have the same batting average.