The warm-up For each of 3 years, the table below gives the number
of games a football team played, the number of
running plays they ran, and the total number of yards
the team gained on running plays.
Running Total yards gained
Year Games plays on running plays
1997 11
397
1,028
1998
394
1,417
1999
378
1,920
To the nearest tenth of a yard, what is the average
number of yards gained per running play in 1998 ?
A. 2.6
B. 2.7
C. 3.6
D. 4.9
E. 5.1