SOLUTION: If a baseball player’s batting average is 0.340 or 34%, find the probability that the player will have a bad season and only score at most 60 hits in the 200 times at bat? A)

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Question 137682: If a baseball player’s batting average is 0.340 or 34%, find the probability that the player will have a bad season and only score at most 60 hits in the 200 times at bat?
A) 12.64%

B) 11.72%

C) 50.34%

D) 13.14%


Answer by stanbon(57231) About Me  (Show Source):
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If a baseball player’s batting average is 0.340 or 34%, find the probability that the player will have a bad season and only score at most 60 hits in the 200 times at bat?
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It is a binomial problem with n=200, p=0.34, 0<= x <=60
That is binomcdf(200,0.34,60)= 0.13097...
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Cheers,
Stan H.