Got a urgent ques for you guys..

[Wise Gamble]

Some hot shot I know who thinks he is a genius emailed me this problem to solve....where do I begin.

In baseball, a player's batting average represents the ratio of hits to at-bats and is expressed as a three-digit decimal. So if a player has a .300 average, he gets a hit 3 times out of 10 times going to the plate.
A player with a .250 goes up to bat. He strikes out, and his average drops to .248.

How many hits did he have before that strike out?

[frinkprof]

It should be said that walks do not count as at-bats.

[Wise Gamble]

its how many hits

[getbak]

Number of hits = y
Number of at bats prior to this turn = x

y/x = .25
y/(x+1) = .248

If you solve for y, you should have your answer.

[kermitology]

I believe it's 31.

That's pretty simple math..

[thewhirlingdervish]

25 hits...25/100 = .250 batting average
25/101 = .248 batting average.

[jkstuart12]

25

edit: beaten to it

[JustAnotherGuy]

Originally Posted by kermitology

I believe it's 31.

That's pretty simple math..

Pretty simple math? hahaha

[Wise Gamble]

he told me the answer is 31..

[getbak]

25 works if you account for rounding. 31 is correct if it has to be exactly .248.

[Wise Gamble]

and youre a winner lol thanks

[kermitology]

Originally Posted by JustAnotherGuy

Pretty simple math? hahaha

As getbak provided above..

31/124 = 0.250
31/125 = 0.248

[thewhirlingdervish]

depends if you are rounding up or not...no one has a .2475 batting average?

[JustAnotherGuy]

Originally Posted by JustAnotherGuy

Pretty simple math? hahaha

I was laughing at the fact that he said pretty simple math but didn't provde the details of the answer.

[REDVAN]

I have a .2475 batting average with your mom

[kermitology]

Originally Posted by thewhirlingdervish

depends if you are rounding up or not...no one has a .2475 batting average?

Then there's a tonne of different averages that round up or down to 0.248.

63 hits / 254 at bats = 0.248031296

[thewhirlingdervish]

close to the mendoza line buddy...not something to be proud of

[Traditional_Ale]

Was it really too hard to type the last four letters of the word question?

[username]

I don't remember simple algebra anymore but I think the formula should look something like:

X(250/1000) = X+1(248/1000)

I think......

[BlackEleven]

Originally Posted by JustAnotherGuy

I was laughing at the fact that he said pretty simple math but didn't provde the details of the answer.

He's right. It is pretty simple math.

One way to do it:

x=# hits
y=# @bats

x/y=0.25
x/(y+1)=0.248

0.25y/(y+1) = 0.248

0.25y=0.248y + 0.248

0.002y = 0.248

y=124
x=31