document.write( "Question 347197: A baseball player has a batting average of .343 and has 3 times at bat. Draw a probability tree diagram. \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "The probability of getting a hit is .343, so the probability of\r\n" );
document.write( "striking out is 1 - .343 or .657\r\n" );
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document.write( "Fill in the 8 probabilities by multiplying the probabilities\r\n" );
document.write( "along the lines that lead to each outcome. \r\n" );
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document.write( "For instance, the\r\n" );
document.write( "probality of H,H,H (getting 3 hits) is gotten by multiplying\r\n" );
document.write( "(.343)(.343)(.343) = .040353607\r\n" );
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document.write( "The probability of the third to last case which was O,H,O (getting\r\n" );
document.write( "an out, then a hit, then an out) is gotten by multiplying\r\n" );
document.write( "(.657)(.343)(.657) = .148055607\r\n" );
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document.write( "If you add the whole list of probabilities you should get 1.\r\n" );
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