Question

In baseball, a player’s batting average is the proportion of times the player gets a hit out of his total number of times at bat. The distribution of batting averages in a recent season for Major League Baseball players with at least 100 plate appearances can be modeled by a Normal distribution with mean =0.261 and standard deviation =0.034 .
A player with a batting average below 0.200 is at risk of sitting on the bench during important games. About what percent of players are at risk?

1. 57.10%
2. 42.90%
3. 7.20%
4. 96.40%
5. 3.60%

Answer 1

Answer: 3.60%

Explanation: