Question 9 (1 point) In a particular sport, the home team wins the first game of

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Question 9 (1 point) In a particular sport, the home team wins the first game of a championship series 57% of the time. when the home team wins the first game of the series they have won the championship 72% of the time. If the home team loses the first game of the series they have won the championship 48% of the time Assume that all of the said probabilities hold in the long run. In any given series what is the probability the home team wins the series? Write your answer as the exact decimal if the number is less than or equal to the ten- thousandths place, or round to the ten-thousandths place if the decimal is longer.

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P(home team wins the series)=P(home team wins first game and wins the series+home team loses first game and wins the series)

=0.57*0.72+(1-0.57)*0.48=0.6168

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