A Particular Baseball Player Gets, on Average, Three Hits for Every

question 34

Multiple Choice

A particular baseball player gets, on average, three hits for every ten times he comes to bat. In a typical game, he comes to bat five times. Use the random numbers table below to simulate his hitting in ten games. Let an entry in the table correspond to one time at bat, 0-2 corresponds to getting a hit, and 3-9 corresponds to not getting a hit. The highlighted numbers were selected at random, and a different one should be used to start i the player's simulated games. That is, use a highlighted number and the four numbers bel represent his batting in one game.
In how many of the ten simulated games did he get no hits?

• A) 1
• B) 0
• C) 2
• D) 3

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