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11/01/2009
The Phillies had to score 14
runs before they scored a
mile.
I solved this problem using division. First I divided 90 by 5280. I came up with 90 because there are 90 feet from base to
base, and I came up with 5280 because there are 5280 feet in a mile. The answer I got after I had divided was 55, so then I
divided 55 by 4 because there are 4 bases on a baseball field. When I divided it I got 13 remainder 3. In the question it says
how many runs, that means exact. Because I got a remainder I must round up to 14 runs, and that is my final answer.
01/08/2010
360 ft in a run 5280 ft in a i know that there are 360 ft in a run and that there are 5280 ft in a mile, so if i do 5280 / 360 i should get 180717
mile 5280 / 360 =
the number of runs. the answer to 5280 / 360 is 14.666667 but you cannot only run part of a run so i
14.666667 14.666667 > 15 rounded it up to 15.
In the problem I knew that 360 feet was a baseball diamond so 360
My answer is 15 runs
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ft.x15 equals 1 mile
I know that there are 90 feet in a base path and it takes 360 feet
It would take 15 runs
because 14 runs puts you a to get home because you need to ru around 4 sides that measure 90
feet each. So one run is equal to 360. I also know that 5280 is how
couple feet short.
many are in a mile. I then did 5280 / 360 and got 14.6. Since you
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01/26/2007
The Philles would have to
score 15 runs in order to
breach running a mile total.
02/05/2007
He will make 15 runs.
cannot have .6 of a run you round it to fifteen. It takes 15 runs
for the base runners to run a mile.
the distance between each base is 90 feet. since there are 4 bases the
run needs to be ran four times in order to score. 4 times 90 is 360.
once you know this, just divide 5280 ( the amount of feet in a mile)
by 360 to get the number of runs. since the number was a decimal, you
round up because the player needs to finish the run.
We found that he will make 15 runs.
02/06/2007
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03/31/2008
It takes 5 runs to cover a
mile.
There is 360 feet in each run and there is 1509 feet in a mile and
1509/360 is 4 and some left over but you round it up to 5.
05/01/2008
the final answer is 14 runs. the distance between one base is 90 feet.
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The answer for the first
question is 15 runs to cover
a mile. The bonus question
is $2,379,172.24
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For the first question I took 5280 divide by 360 and got 14.7 and
rounded up to 15 runs.
In the bonus question I took 65,352 * .85 and got 55,549.20 and then
took that * 42.83 and got $2,379,172.24.
First, I figured out that to run around the bases 1 time equals,
360ft. Then, I divided 5280ft (1 mile) by 360, and got 140. After
that, I multiplied 360 by 14, and got 4440, then added 360, and got
4800, then I added 360 again, and got 5160, after that I added 360
again, and got 5520, and finally for my last add of 360, I got 5880.
At that moment I had added 360 four more times, And I am now at 18
times 360. And that shows that the answer is 18 times around the
baseball diamond.
each base is 90 feet there are 4 bases so i multiplied 90 by 4 to get
360 feet. a mile is 5,280 feet so to get how many runs i divided 5280
by 360 getting a fraction over 14 so I rounded it to 15 runs.
The way I figured the problem out was I realized 90 is the number of
feet between bases on a baseball field. I tried a variety of numbers
and settled with 58 as the number of times the players would have to
run to the bases. I multiplied 90*58=5220. A mile equals 5280 and
5220 plus 90 equals 5310. 5310 is greater than 5280. So I knew that
they had to go to 58 bases and you have to touch 4 bases for a run. So
I divided 58 by 4 and got 14.5 so I figured they had to get at least
15 runs to reach a mile. 15 runs*4 bases*90 feet = 5400 feet. So if
they score 15 runs they will have gone more than 1 mile.
First, I drew out a picture and found out that the Baseball infield
is 360 ft.. Then I found out that there were 5280 ft. in a mile by
looking on the internet. Then I divided 360 ft. by 5280 ft. and got
14.6 runs. Then I had to round up to get 15 runs.
First I did 90*4=360 to find out how many feet there are from 1st to home plate. Then I did
5,280/360=14. endless 6's. Next I rounded 14 up to 15. I rounded up because
14*360=5,040. 5,040 in not quite a mile.
11/12/2008
My final answer for this
problem is that the phillies
would have to run around
the bases 18 times, to run a
mile.
11/13/2008
14 runs.
01/18/2006
The Phillies need to score
at least 15 runs before they
go a mile.
01/25/2006
They would have to score
15 runs.
02/01/2006
The Phillies have to score
15 runs to cover a mile.
Bonus: Total amount they
would get is $2,379,172.83 Bonus: I started by getting 85% of 65,352. It was 55,549.2. Then I did 55,549.2*$42.83=
02/06/2006
(32*4)/5280=41.25 round
upto 43
$2,379,172.23. That is the amount of money they made if 85% of the seats were filled.
from home to 1st base is 32 ft. 32 4 times because from home all the
way back to home is four 32s. then take the answer which is 128/5280
because thats how many feet are in a mile. therefor when we got the
answer, 128/5280=41.25 and because it takes the runner the half way to
finish the mile he must go all around the bases so we rounded the
answer up which is 42.
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02/08/2006
The phillies would have to
score 15 runs in order to
cover a mile on the
basepaths.
03/05/2006
I did 5280 divided by 360
and got 14 remainder 240,
so i rounded it up to 15
runs before the scoring
base runners cover a mile.
For the bonus i did .85
multiplied by 65,352 and
got 55,549.2. Then i did
55549.2 multiplied by 42.83
and got 2,379,172.
First I read the problem. Then I knew that to each base is 90
The Phillies would have to
score 15 runs to run a mile. feet. Then I had to multiply 90x4 because they have to score so so
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The Phillies would have to
score 15 runs to run a mile.
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test
10/24/2006
first i added 90+90+90+90, then divided the number 360 into 5280
the phillies would haveto
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which is the number of ft.in a mile
score 15 runs in a mile
My answer for the regular In the first problem I looked up the size of a baseball diamond and divided that into the
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problem was, 2378743.936. number of feet in a mile. For the bonus one, I multiplied the full capacity by .85 equal to
85% and then multiplied by ticket price to get total revenue.
For the Bonus problem I
got the answer, 15.
I look up the dimnations of the baseball feild. I look up the amount
The amount of runs to
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of feet are in a mile and devided.
equal a mile is 15.
The Phillies have to score I found out the distance between bases, which is 90'. There are 4
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bases in a run so I multiplied 90 by 4, which gave me 360. I then
14.7 runs in order for the
did 5280 divided by 360, since there are 5280 feet in a mile. Then I
base runners to cover a
rounded me answer to the nearest tenth, and I got 14.7.
mile.
The Phillies would have to First I figured out that there is 90 feet between two bases.From
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there I multipliyed 90 by 4 because there are 4 bases,that equals
score 15 runs to cover a
360 feet.I learned 5280 feet is equal to 1 mile.I knew 360 times x
mile.
(which is the number of base runners) equaled 5280 feet so I divided
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10/26/2006
04/27/2004
I think that you would have
to score 59 runs to run a
mile.
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To score a run, a player would have to travel 360 feet because there
are 90 feet between each of the 4 bases (90 *4 = 360). Since there
are 5,280 feet in a mile, I divided 5,280 by 360 and got 14 with a
remainder of 240. This means that after 14 runs I have traveled only
5,020 feet (5280 - 240). To travel a full mile, I would have to
score another run.
First i found out how many feet are in a mile. Then i found out how
many feet there is from home plate to first base and multiplied that
by 4 because there are 4 bases in baseball diamond. For the bonus i
multiplied 85% by the capacity of Vetrans Stadium. Then i did that
answer multiplied by the average price of a ticket. The answer to
that is the ticket revenue.
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i got 360 feet for a run. Then i figured out how many times 360 went
into 5280 feet or 1 mile. i got 14 R. 280. But there is still 120
feet to run so then I had to round 14 up to 15. 15 runs is my final
answer.
First I read the problem. Then since I knew there were 90ft in
beetween each base, so I multiplyed that times four so I knew how
many feet were in a home run. Then I divided 5280 (a mile) by that
answer and got14, with a remainder of 240, so I rounded up. That was
my final answer.
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5280 by 360.My awnser was 14.666 ect. but you can't have .66666
persons so my awnser became 15.
I divided 5,280 (the amount of feet in a mile) by 90 (the amount of
feet in between one base and another) and came up with 58R60 and made
it 59 runs.
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BONUS:For the bonus question I multiplied 65,352 (the amount of seats
at the stadium) by 42.83( the average cost of each ticket)and got
2,797,826.16. And to get 85% I made it .85 (my dad showed me how to
figure out percentages) and my final answer was 2,379,172.24.
10/26/2009
20 runs is a little more than I know that one time around the base path is 270 ft (90ft for the distance between each of the three
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bases and home plate) and I found out how many feet are in a mile: 5280. so I divided 5280 by 270 and
got 19 with some remainders but that dosn't count as a real run so you have to have 20 runs. There will
be a little more than a mile but thats okay.
extra-I found this harder than the actual problem. Here is how I did it
the problem already says what the stadium would be when it is 100% full. To find what 85% is first you
have to divide 100% (the full capacity of the stadium) or 65,352 by 100 to get what one hundredth
would be. I got 653.52. Now to multiply that by 85 to get 85/100 or 85% that is 55,549.2. Now we have
how many people 85% would be but we don't have the ticket revenue. One ticket is worth $42.83 so
we just multiply that by 55,549 and get the final answer $2,379172.2.
.
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11/01/2009
I got 15 home runs had to I solved the first problem by dividing 5280/360 i got 14 remainder 24 from there is thought that i could
be scored to make it over a just add one more run and i would be more than a mile.
mile. for the extra i got
$237,916.367 for the total
revenue
extra I multiplied the seats by 85% and then that sum by the cost of the ticket
5280 feet in a mile
1=250
22 runs
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2=500
4=1000
8=2000
16=4000
20=5000
21=5250
22=5500
11/03/2009
They would need 15 runs to The first thing I did, was write this
cover 1 mile.
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90 ft between each base
5280 ft in one mile.
Now, I know that there are 4 bases, so I multiplied 90x4 and got 360,
so I know that there are 360 feet in one run. So I made a chart like
this:
Runs
Feet
1 run
360
2 runs
720
3 runs
1080
4 runs
1440
5 runs
1800
6 runs
2160
7 runs
2520
8 runs
2880
9 runs
3240
10 runs
3600
11 runs
3960
12 runs
4320
13 runs
4680
14 runs
5040
15 runs
5400
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I stopped at 15 runs because once you get to 15 runs, the Phillies
have already ran more than one mile, because there are 5280 feet in one
mile, and at 15 runs, they have run 5400 feet.
BONUS: The ticket revenue for Veterans Stadium would be
$2,379,163.67 because 85% of 65,352 is 55,549, and if you multiply that
by the ticket price, which is $42.83, you get 2,379,163.67.
11/15/2009
it willtake them 14.30/45
first i decieded to learn how many feet it was around the hole base path. it came out to be 360
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times to go arounf the base thani divided 360 by 5,280 because that is howmany feet are in a mile. the answer was 14R240 so i put
before they run a mile
240 into a fraction and it was 240/360 so i ruduced it to 30/45.
EXTRA: first i figured out 85% of 65,352=55,549.20 then times that by $42.83 because that is the price
and it equals $2,379,172.2
How fast do they run? How many runners? How many Hits? QUESTIONS need to be answered.
11/30/2009
The answer doesnt give
more proof to answer the
problem.
11/29/2009
The Phillies have to score We first need to no how many feet in a mile and how many feet are between each base in baseball.
15 runs before the have ran Mile=5280 ft.
a mile.
Bases=90 ft.
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Then since it is asking us for how many runs we need to multiply the amount of feet between each base
by 4.
90x4=360 ft. for every run.
Then to find how many runs we need to divide the number of feet in a mile by 360.
5280 divided by 360=14.66666…
Then to make it a whole number of runs, just take off 2/3 and make it 15 runs to run a mile.
BonusThe seating capacity is 65352. To find 85% of that we have to divide it by 20 to get 5%.
65352 divided by 20=3267
Then to get 85% we need to multiply it by 17 because that is how many times 5 fits into 85.
3267x17=55539
This is 85% of the seats. Then we need to multiply it by 42.38 because that is how much each seat
cost.
55539x42.83=2,378,718.89
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make 14 runs and 240 feet. and there are 360 feet in a basbal diamond so i divided 5280 by 360 to see how many times a basball
Extra: The revenue would diamond would fit in a mile. 5280÷360=14R240 so you have to run over 14 times around a baseball
be $2,379,172.20
diamond to run a mile.
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run 4 bases before you score a run, for a total of 360 feet. Then I divided 5,280 (the number of feet in a mile) by 360 feet, for a quotient of 14 R240.
15 runs before they have
So I just rounded 14 up to 15 runs, my answer.
run a mile.
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5,260/360 and got 14 remainder 240. So I went up one more and then that would be your answer which
mile.
is 15 runs.
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15 runs to cover a mile.
much feet is in a mile which is 5280 feet. I divided 5280 by 360 and got 14 remainder 240 but the
Phillies have to cover the entire 5280 feet so they need to add another 360 feet or another run which
would make 15 runs
It takes 14 runs to run a
A few days ago I did some research and found out that 90' rest between 1 base and another base. Then 178623
mile.
I multiplied 90 by 4 because there 90 feet between 2 bases and 4 bases. For that I got 360' around the
4 bases. I already knew that there were 5280' in a mile. Next I divided 5280 by 360 on a calculator and
got 14.6. That didnt make any sense so I decided to do partial quotents. During that I got stuck so I
decided to use a calcutator and did 360X4 and 360X5. When I did that I was at 1680. 360X4=1400.
360X5=1800. 1400 made sense so I continued and got 14 R280. What I did next is I cut out the
remainder because it is counted in full runs. After I cut out the remainder I got 14 which made definite
sense.
I got 15 runs. Bonus: 55549 I knew that there were 90 feet between each base,360 in all. I also knew that there were 5280 feet in a 199489
seats were sold for the
mile. So I divided 5280÷360 and first got 14 and a remainder of 240. So I ignored the remainder and
game and the revenue was that is how I got 15 runs.
$2,288,607 (I rounded
Bonus: I multiplied the total number of seats to .85 and got 55549.20 but ignored the decimal. then I
$42.83 to $43)
multiplied 55549 to $43 and got $2,288,607 as the revenue.
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