SOLUTION: A baseball player has a batting average of 0.165. What is the probability that he has exactly 6 hits in his next 7 at bats? Round to 5 decimals.

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Question 1199200: A baseball player has a batting average of 0.165. What is the probability that he has exactly 6 hits in his next 7 at bats? Round to 5 decimals.
Answer by ikleyn(52847)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Standard and typical binomial distribution problem. 

Use the standard binomial distribution probability formula


    P =  =  = 0.000118 (rounded).   ANSWER

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