This year, John played in 10 baseball games. In these games he had
hit the ball 2, 3, 0, 1, 3, 2, 4, 0, 2, and 3 times. In the first 10 games
he plays next year, John wants to increase his average (mean) hits per
game by 0.5. What is the total number of hits John needs over the first
10 games next year to achieve his goal?

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owlfred · Answer

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amistre64 · Answer

.5/10?

anonymous · Answer

i truly dont know what i'm suppose to do..

amistre64 · Answer

he hit 20 total this year

amistre64 · Answer

so; something/10 = 20.5 for an average

anonymous · Answer

oh..

amistre64 · Answer

he needs at least 21 hits next year in his first ten games id say

amistre64 · Answer

25  ... forgot how to count

anonymous · Answer

i get it..i think.

amistre64 · Answer

to recap; i counted the total this year and /10.. that gave me a mean of 2 from a total of 20 hits

amistre64 · Answer

to increase by .5 he needs to have an averagre of 2.5 over 10 games

or 25/10 = 2.5

anonymous · Answer

ohhh!. thankkks!