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The probability that a baseball player gets a hit is 40%. What is the probability the baseball player gets exactly 4 hits out of 5 at bats?

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Answer:

The probability of the player getting a hit is 0.214.

Explanation:

Since we have given that Probability that a baseball player gets a hit if the weather is good 20d=40\%=0.4 Probability that a baseball player gets a hit if the weather is not t good=20\%=0.2 Probability of good weather =7\%=0.07 Probability of not 93\%=0.93 good weather =100-7= According to question, the probability of the player getting hit is given by 0.4 * 0.07 + 0.2 * 0.93; =0.214

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