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“A baseball player has had an excellent season so far. His batting average is presently 0.345. Given his batting average, what is the probability, to the nearest thousandth, that he will not get a hit in his next four at bats?” please help me if you can!

“A baseball player has had an excellent season so far. His batting average is presently-example-1
User Jkyadav
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we have that

the probability of no hits in his next four at-bats is equal to

P=(1-0.345)^4=(0.655)^4=0.184

therefore

The answer is 0.184

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