SOLUTION: A baseball player with a batting average of .300 comes to bat. What are the odds in favor of the ball player getting a hit.
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Question 170259: A baseball player with a batting average of .300 comes to bat. What are the odds in favor of the ball player getting a hit.
Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
odds = P(E)/(1-P(E))
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Since P(E) = .30
odds = .30/(1-.30)
odds = .30/.70
odds = 1/2.33
odds = 1:2.33
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