Question

The probability that a certain hockey team will win any given game is 0.3669 based on their 13 year win history of 379 wins out of 1033 games played (as of a certain date). Their schedule for November contains 12 games. Let X = number of games won in November.

Required:
What is the expected number of wins for the month of November?

Answer 1

4.4028

Explanation:

Probability of game (p) = 0.3669

Number of wins in November (n) = 12

Expected number of wins = p*n

Expected number of wins = 0.3669 * 12

Expected number of wins = 4.4028

So, the expected number of wins for the month of November is 4.4028.