A baseball team has a goal of hitting more than 65 home runs this season. They average 5 home runs each game and have already hit 25 home runs so far. How many more games, x, will it take the baseball team to reach its home run hitting goal if they continue to average 5 home runs per game?
Select the number line that includes the fewest number of games the team can play and still meet their goal.
A.
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
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B.
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
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C.
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
*------------>
D.
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
*------------->
The team has hit 25 home runs so far and needs to hit at least 65 home runs in total. Therefore, they need to hit 40 more home runs. If they average 5 home runs per game, they will need to play 40/5 = 8 more games to reach their goal.
Looking at the number lines provided:
A. This number line includes 13 games.
B. This number line includes 12 games.
C. This number line includes 12 games.
D. This number line includes 12 games.
Therefore, the number line that includes the fewest number of games the team can play and still meet their goal is B, which shows 12 games.