Question

A baseball team has the starting and relief pitchers shown in the table. The manager selects a pitcher at random. Find the probability that the pitcher is left-handed.

Pitchers on Baseball Team (Table)
Pitchers Number
Left-handed starters 1
Right-handed starters 4
Left-handed relievers 2
Right-handed relievers 1

Answer 1

Okay, here are the steps to find the probability the randomly selected pitcher is left-handed:

1) There are 1 left-handed starter, 4 right-handed starters, 2 left-handed relievers and 1 right-handed reliever.

2) In total, there are 1 + 4 + 2 + 1 = 8 pitchers.

3) Of the 8 pitchers, 1 + 2 = 3 are left-handed.

4) So the probability the randomly selected pitcher is left-handed = (3/8) = 3/8 = 0.375

Therefore, the probability that the randomly selected pitcher from the team is left-handed is 0.375.

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