Question

A baseball player has a batting average of 0.16. What is the probability that he has exactly 3 hits in his next 7 atbats? Round your answer to four decimal placesThe probability the baseball player has exactly 3 hits in his next 7 bats isPreviewTIPEnter your answer as a number (like 33,2217) or as a calculation (like 53Enter DNE for Does Not Exist, oo for latinityGet Help VIDEO

Answer 1

Applying the binomial distribution probability

we have that

`P(X=3)=(7!)/(3!(7-3)!)\cdot(0.175)^3_{}\cdot(1-0.175)^4`

P(X=3)=0.0869