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Hello everybody:
Here is another precalculus problem that has me stumped.
Player A has a higher batting average than Player B for the first half of the season.
Player A also has a higher batting average than Player B for the second half of the season.
Is it necessarily true that Player A's batting average for the entire season is greater than Player B's?
Batting Average (as I understand it) is number of hits divided by number of at bats.
I wrote a proof (which is flawed) showing that the answer is: Yes. The text's author says the answer is: No.
Will somebody please provide me with a counterexample?
Thank you.
~ Mark
:shock:
Here is another precalculus problem that has me stumped.
Player A has a higher batting average than Player B for the first half of the season.
Player A also has a higher batting average than Player B for the second half of the season.
Is it necessarily true that Player A's batting average for the entire season is greater than Player B's?
Batting Average (as I understand it) is number of hits divided by number of at bats.
I wrote a proof (which is flawed) showing that the answer is: Yes. The text's author says the answer is: No.
Will somebody please provide me with a counterexample?
Thank you.
~ Mark
:shock: