SOLUTION: A baseball player with a batting average of 0.300 comes to bat. What are the odds in favor of the ball player getting a hit?

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Question 116393: A baseball player with a batting average of 0.300 comes to bat. What are the odds in favor of the ball player getting a hit?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) About Me  (Show Source):
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A baseball player with a batting average of 0.300 comes to bat. 
What are the odds in favor of the ball player getting a hit?

To find the odds, given the probability:

1. Express the probability as a fraction in lowest terms.
2. Subtract the numerator of step 1 from the denominator in step 1.
3. Place the numerator of the fraction in step 1 over the results 
   of step 2, and reduce to lowest terms, if it's not already in 
   lowest terms.
4. The odds in favor are (numerator of step 3):(denominator of step 3)
5. The odds against are (denominator of step 3):(numerator of step 3)

1. Express the probability as a fraction in lowest terms.

   .300 = 300%2F1000 = 3%2F10

2. Subtract the numerator of step 1 from the denominator of step 1.

    10 - 3 = 7

3. Place the numerator of the fraction in step 1 over the results
   of step 2, and reduce to lowest terms, if it's not already in 
   lowest terms.

   3%2F7 (It's already in lowest terms.)

4. The odds in favor are (numerator of step 3) : (denominator of step 3)
     
   3 : 7

5. The odds against are (denominator of step 3) : (numerator of step 3)

   7 : 3 

Edwin