A Baseball Player Has a Batting Average of 0

question 226

Multiple Choice

A baseball player has a batting average of 0.346, so the probability of a hit is 0.346. Assume that his hitting attempts are independent of each other. Assume that the batter gets up to bat 4 times in each game. Estimate the
Probability that in 50 consecutive games, there are at least 45 games in which the batter gets at least one hit.
(Hint: first find the probability that in one game the batter gets at least one hit)

• A) 0.0918
• B) 0.0446
• C) 0.8171
• D) 0.0643

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