SOLUTION: A baseball player has a batting average of 0.265. What is the probability that he has exactly 4 hits in his next 7 at bats?

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Question 1179480: A baseball player has a batting average of 0.265. What is the probability that he has exactly 4 hits in his next 7 at bats?
Answer by ikleyn(52803)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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It is the binomial type probability distribution.


The number of trial n= 7; the probability of the success trial is  0.265,  and the number of success trial k = 4. 


    P =  =  = 0.0685 = 6.85% (rounded).     ANSWER

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