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Title: A certain baseball player hits a home run in 3 of his at-bats. Consider his at-bats as independent ...
Post by: fitscarlet on Mar 11, 2018
A certain baseball player hits a home run in 3 of his at-bats. Consider his at-bats as
  independent events. How many home runs do we expect the baseball player to hit in 600
  at-bats?
 
  A) 3 B) 18 C) 17.46 D) 603

Q. 2

A certain baseball player hits a home run in 3 of his at-bats. Consider his at-bats as
  independent events. Find the probability that this baseball player hits at most 10 home runs in
  600 at-bats?
 
  A) 0.9633 B) 0.03 C) 0.97 D) 0.0367

Q. 3

A certain baseball player hits a home run in 7 of his at-bats. Consider his at-bats as
  independent events. Find the probability that this baseball player hits more than 42 home runs in
  800 at-bats?
 
  A) 0.93 B) 0.9693 C) 0.0307 D) 0.07

Q. 4

Transportation officials tell us that 90 of drivers wear seat belts while driving. What is the
  probability that between 525 and 530 drivers in a sample of 600 drivers wear seat belts?
 
  A) 0.0174 B) 0.0985 C) 0.9015 D) 0.0811

Q. 5

Transportation officials tell us that 80 of drivers wear seat belts while driving. What is the
  probability of observing 518 or fewer drivers wearing seat belts in a sample of 700 drivers?
 
  A) 0.2 B) approximately 1
  C) approximately 0 D) 0.8


Title: A certain baseball player hits a home run in 3 of his at-bats. Consider his at-bats as independent ...
Post by: vbsb723 on Mar 11, 2018
Ans. #1

B

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D

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B

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D

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C