Batting Averages

David S. challenges you to calculate batting averages:

Ryan Zimmerman got a hit 3 out of 10 times.

Alfonso Soriano got a hit 300 out of 1000 times.

1. What are the batting averages of each player?

2. Who has a better batting average?

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What are the batting averages of each player? Who has the better batting average?  Explain your thinking.

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