SOLUTION: A baseball player has a batting average of 0.16. What is the probability that he has exactly 6 hits in his next 7 at bats? What is the probability ?

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Question 444065: A baseball player has a batting average of 0.16. What is the probability that he has exactly 6 hits in his next 7 at bats?
What is the probability ?

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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A baseball player has a batting average of 0.16. What is the probability that he has exactly 6 hits in his next 7 at bats?
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Binomial Problems with n = 7 and p = 0.16
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P(x = 6) = 7C6(0.16)^6*(0.84) = binompdf(7,0.16,6) = 0.00009865..
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Cheers,
Stan H.