Major League Baseball Weight Ounces
Author: Baseball Bob
Please help with math! 10 points best answer! 3 questions!!!! 10 points best answer!!!?
1. By September a major league baseball team had 77 won games and had lost 63 games. What is its percentage of games won?
2. A serving tray made of brass weighs 21 ounces. This brass is an alloy of 70% copper and 30% tin. What is the weight of the copper in the tray?
3. Twenty-nine of the first forty-two presidents of the United States were lawyers. What percentage of these presidents were lawyers? (give answer to the nearest 1%)
PLEASE NO RUDE COMMENTS!! Thanks in advance for your help! 10 points best answer! Also please explain how to do them! Thanks Again.
1. By September a major league baseball team had 77 won games and had lost 63 games. What is its percentage of games won?
Games won = 77
Games lost =63
Total =77+63 =140
%age of games won =(77/140)×100=55 %
2. A serving tray made of brass weighs 21 ounces. This brass is an alloy of 70% copper and 30% tin. What is the weight of the copper in the tray?
Weight of serving tray = 21 ounces
%age of copper = 70 %
Hence weight of copper in the tray= 70 % of 21=(70/100)×21=14.7 ounces
3. Twenty-nine of the first forty-two presidents of the United States were lawyers. What percentage of these presidents were lawyers? (give answer to the nearest 1%)
Total presidents = 42
Lawyers presidents = 29
%age of lawyers in first 42 presidents= (29/42)×100= 69.05%= 69 %to nearest 1 %
The Heaviest Bat ever used in Major League Baseball