Ichiro Suzuki’s batting average in 2001 was .350. The all-time American League leading hitter was George Sisler of St. Louis in 1922. Write and solve an equation to find Sisler’s batting average that year, given that his average x was .070 more than Ichiro Suzuki’s average in 2001.
For this case, the first thing we must do is define a variable. We have then: x: George Sisler's average y: Suzuki's average We then have the following equation that models the problem: [tex]x = 0.070 + y
[/tex] Substituting values we have: [tex]x = 0.070 + 0.350
x = 0.420[/tex] Answer: Sisler's batting average that year was: x = 0.420
