SOLUTION: what is wrong with this statement?: The probability that a baseball player hits a home run is greater than the probability that he gets a successful hit.

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Question 955650: what is wrong with this statement?:
The probability that a baseball player hits a home run is greater than the probability that he gets a successful hit.

Answer by MathLover1(20849) About Me  (Show Source):
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The problem with this one is that for a baseball player to hit a home run he would need to make a successful hit.
Therefore it is impossible for the number of home runs to be greater than the number of successful hits.
Of the two choices this would fall under the category of mutually exclusive.