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In Mathematics / Middle School | 2014-03-23

A baseball player reaches base 35% of the time. How many times can he expect to reach base in 850 at-bats?

Asked by Briannawelch57

Answer (3)

297.5 is the direct answer when you do 850×.35, but round that to 298.

Answered by MathG33k | 2024-06-10

297.5 ;

Answered by yosneiribatista | 2024-06-15

The baseball player can expect to reach base approximately 298 times in 850 at-bats by multiplying the at-bats by his probability of reaching base, which is 35%. After calculating, we round 297.5 to 298 to get the final count.
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Answered by MathG33k | 2024-10-01