A baseball player hit 61 home runs in a season. Of the 61 home runs, 23 went to

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A baseball player hit 61 home runs in a season. Of the 61 home runs, 23 went to right field, 16 went to right center field, 10 went to center field, 9 went to left center field, and 3 went to left field, (a) What is the probability that a randomly selected home run was hit to center field? (b) Was it unusual for this player to hit a home run to center field? (a) The probability that a randomly selected home run was hit to center field is (b) Was it unusual for this player to hit a home run to center field? A. No, because the probability of an unusual event is 0. B. No, because this player hit 10 home runs to center field. C. Yes, because P(center field) 0.05.

Explanation / Answer

a) P(home run was hit to centre filed) = 10/61 =0.1639

b) No because

P(centrefiled) > 0.05

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