SOLUTION: A baseball player hit 59 home runs in a season. Of the 59 home​ runs, 21 went to right​ field, 16 went to right center​ field, 9 went to center​ field, 11 w

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Question 1075085: A baseball player hit 59 home runs in a season. Of the 59 home​ runs, 21 went to right​ field, 16 went to right center​ field, 9 went to center​ field, 11 went to left center​ field, and 2 went to left field.​ (a) What is the probability that a randomly elected home run was hit to left center ​field? (b) Was it unusual for this player to hit a home run to left center ​field?
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11 home runs were hit to left-center, out of 59 total homers. So, the probability of randomly picking a left-center home run is 11/59, or .18644. This player tended to hit more to right and right-center than to the left. ☺☺☺☺