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The Better Batter - Name The FIX Key Date Problem You are going to play Virtual Baseball. You need to select 9 players from the list to be on your team. Choose the players with the best batting averages. Procedure 1. Find the batting averages (number of hits ¾ number of times at bat) rounded to 3 decimal places for each player. Player C. Ripken Puckett Molitor Greenwell Tartabull Palmeiro Franco Joyner Boggs Baines Sax Williams Sheridan Barfield Mattingly Hall Number of Hits 122 119 119 104 103 120 109 105 106 91 113 20 15 64 109 87 Number of Times at Bat 368 363 364 334 311 366 344 338 329 290 388 74 63 284 367 280 Batting Average (rounded to 3 decimal places) 2. Make a list of your players in order, from highest to lowest. Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Player 9 © 1999 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED TI-30X ÙS: A Guide for Teachers 5

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© 1999 T
EXAS
I
NSTRUMENTS
I
NCORPORATED
TI-30X
Ù
S: A Guide for Teachers
5
The Better Batter —
The FIX Key
Name
___________________________
Date
___________________________
Problem
You are going to play Virtual Baseball. You need to select 9 players from the list to
be on your team. Choose the players with the best batting averages.
Procedure
1.
Find the batting averages (number of hits
¾
number of times at bat) rounded to
3 decimal places for each player.
Player
Number of Hits
Number of
Times at Bat
Batting Average
(rounded to 3 decimal places)
C. Ripken
122
368
Puckett
119
363
Molitor
119
364
Greenwell
104
334
Tartabull
103
311
Palmeiro
120
366
Franco
109
344
Joyner
105
338
Boggs
106
329
Baines
91
290
Sax
113
388
Williams
20
74
Sheridan
15
63
Barfield
64
284
Mattingly
109
367
Hall
87
280
2.
Make a list of your players in order, from highest to lowest.
Player 1
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Player 6
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Player 2
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Player 7
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Player 3
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Player 8
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Player 4
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Player 9
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Player 5
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