Warm Up Slugging Average

A baseball players slugging average is a calculated by finding the weighted sum of the players at-bats. Singles are weighted 1, doubles are weighted 2, triples are 3, home runs are weighted 4 and all other outcomes are weighted 0. The weighted sum is then divided by the total number of at-bats. Calculate this players slugging average:

8 singles

5 doubles

0 triples

2 home runs

40 at-bats

• 0.580

• 0.610

• 0.650

• 0.720