Question

Kim's softball team was playing in the championship game. When there were
\[4\] innings left, the team was losing by a score of
\[17\] to
\[6\] runs. In the last
\[4\] innings, her team scored the same number of runs per inning, and the other team did not score any more runs. Kim's team won with the most runs.
Find the minimum whole number of runs per inning Kim's team could have scored.
runs per inning

Answer 1

Let r be the whole-number runs per inning. Final score for Kim's team is 6 + 4r. They must have more than 17, so

6 + 4r > 17 → 4r > 11 → r > 2.75.

The minimum whole number r is 3.