document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1143458>Question 1143458</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In baseball, a batting average is the probability of the number of hits divided by the number of times at bat. A batting average over 0.300 is very good. This means that a player will get a hit 300 times for every 1000 times at bat. So, assume the probability of getting a hit is 0.368 for each time a player is at bat. In a particular game, assume the batter batted three times.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A) What is the probability of getting three hits in a particular game?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B) What is the probability of not getting any hits in a game? (Round the final answer to 3 decimal places.)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C) What is the probability of getting at least one hit? (Round the final answer to 3 decimal places.) Probability </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "P(0 hits) = C(3,0)*(.368^0)*(1-.368)^3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(1 hit)  = C(3,1)*(.368^1)*(1-.368)^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(2 hits) = C(3,2)*(.368)^2*(1-.368)^1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(3 hits) = C(3,3)*(.368)^3*(1-.368)^0<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The answers to parts A and B are in the above calculations.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "For part C, you can either add the probabilities for 1, 2, and 3 hits, or you can just do 1 minus the probability of 0 hits. </SPAN>\n" );
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