tommy's batting average this season is 0.275. This means that he had a hit in 27.5% of his at-bats. If Tommy had 11 hits so far this season, how many at-bats has he had?

Verified Answer :

Tommy
is said to have an average of 0.275 meaning he hit 27.5 of bats.

=> Now, his 27.5 % is equals to 11 at-bat hits.

Let’s solve for how many at-bat hits did Tommy did.,

=> 27.5% = 11

=> 100% - 27.5 %  = 72.5% (let’s look
for the 72.5% of tommy’s total bat hit)

=>  Let’s try 40

=> 40 * .725 = 29

Thus we have:

=> 11 + 29 = 40, the total bat of Tommy is 40