SOLUTION: A very reliable baseball player is known to get a hit when at bat 43% of the time. He is expected to have 107 more times at bat before the end of the season, and he is 50 hits a

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Question 919135: A very reliable baseball player is known to get a hit when at bat 43% of the time.
He is expected to have 107 more times at bat before the end of the season, and he is 50 hits away from breaking a league hitting record.
What is the probability of him breaking that record before the end of the season?

Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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p = 50/107 = .467 rounded
z = %28.467+-+.43%29+%2F+sqrt%28%28.43%2A.57%29%2F107%29%29 = .037/.0479 = .773
P(z > .773) = .2198 0r 21.98%