SOLUTION: A baseball player has a batting average of 0.250. What are the odds that the next time the player batts he gets a hit.

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Question 387917: A baseball player has a batting average of 0.250. What are the odds that the next time the player batts he gets a hit.
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A baseball player has a batting average of 0.250. What are the odds that the next time the player bats he gets a hit.
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P(hit) = 0.250
P(no hit) = 0.750
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odds of getting a hit = [P(hit)]/]P(no hit)] = 1:3
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Stan H.
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