A baseball player's batting average is the number of hits the player has divided by the number of at-bats. If a baseball player has a batting average of .275 and has 80 at bats, how many hits has he made? Which property will you apply to find the solution?
x = 22 hits; Multiplication Property of Equality
x = 22 hits; Division Property of Equality
The answer is the first one - Multiplication Property of Equality
In case you want to know how it's done, 80 x .275 = 22 hits.