Question

Mookie Betts of the Boston Red Sox had the highest batting average for the 2018 Major League Baseball season. His average was 0.352. So, the likelihood of his getting a hit is 0.352 for each time he bats. Assume he has five times at bat tonight in the Red Sox-Yankee game. a. This is an example of what type of probability

Answer 1

Answer:

Binomial probability, with $n = 5, p = 0.352$

Step-by-step explanation:

For each time Mookie Betts went to bat, there were only two possible outcomes. Either he got a base-hit, or he did not. The probability of getting a hit on each at-bat is independent of any other at-bat. This means that we use the binomial probability distribution to solve this question.

Binomial probability distribution

Probability of exactly x sucesses on n repeated trials, with p probability.

His average was 0.352.

This means that $p = 0.352$

Assume he has five times at bat tonight in the Red Sox-Yankees game.

This means that $n = 5$

a. This is an example of what type of probability

Binomial probability, with $n = 5, p = 0.352$