Question

A cricketer has a average score of 62 runs in nine innings. Find out how many runs are to be scored by him in the tenth innings to raise the average score to 65.
1. 92
2. 87
3. 95
4. 85
5. None of these

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : 92

Given:

Average score of nine innings = 62 runs

Required average score of 10 innings = 65 runs

Calculation:

Total sore of nine innings (62 × 9) = 558 runs

Required total score of 10 innings = (65 × 10) = 650 runs

Number of runs to be scored in the 10th innings = (total score of 10 innings) - (total score of 9 innings) = 650 - 558 = 92 runs

∴ The number of runs to be scored in 10th inning is 92 runs.