SOLUTION: one out of every 37 pitches is hit into the stands. Out of 148 pitches, how many would you expect to be hit into the stands? please show work. Thanks.

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Question 1019916: one out of every 37 pitches is hit into the stands. Out of 148 pitches, how many would you expect to be hit into the stands? please show work. Thanks.
Answer by FrankM(1040) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
4 148/37 is 4.
Given a sufficiently large data set, 1/37 will look like the average in hindsight. But when we flip coins, we get a binomial distribution, 2 coins, on average, will have 1 head, but you can also get 0 or 2 heads.