The Mean Batting Average in Major League Baseball Is About

question 61

Multiple Choice

The mean batting average in major league baseball is about 0.250. Supposing that batting averages are normally distributed, that the standard deviation in the averages is 0.05, and that there are 245 batters, what is the expected number of batters with an average of at least 0.400 Round your answer to two decimal places.

• A)0.25 batters
• B) 0.75 batters
• C) 0.37 batters
• D) 0.32 batters
• E) 0.2 batters

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