Question

A softball player got a hit in 20 of her last 50 times at bat. What is the experimental probability

Answer 1

Option B

The experimental probability  that she will get a hit in her next at bat is 40 %

Solution:

A softball player got a hit in 20 of her last 50 times at bat

To find: Experimental probability

The experimental probability is given as:

$P(of\ an\ event) = \frac{\text{number of times the event occurs}}{\text{number of trials}}$

From given,

Number of times the event occurs = 20

Number of trials = 50

Therefore,

$p = \frac{20}{50}\\\\p = 0.4$

In percentage,

$p = 0.4 \times 100 = 40 \%$

Thus the experimental probability  that she will get a hit in her next at bat is 40 %