Swinging Sammy Skor's Batting Prowess Was Simulated to Get an Estimate

question 13

Multiple Choice

Swinging Sammy Skor's batting prowess was simulated to get an estimate of the probability that Sammy will get a hit. Let 1= HIT and 0= OUT. The output from the simulation was as follows.

Estimate the probability that he gets a hit.

• A) 0.286
• B) 0.301
• C) 0.476
• D) 0.452

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