A baseball player has a batting average of 0.37. What is the probability that he has exactly 3 hits in his next 7 at bats?

Question

A baseball player has a batting average of 0.37. What is the probability that he has exactly 3 hits in his next 7 at bats? Round your answer to four decimal places. 

The probability the baseball player has exactly 3 hits in his next 7 bats is _______.

Answer 1

For this problem you would use the binomial probability equation for 3 successes in 7 tries, when the probability of success is 0.37.

7!

---- (0.37)^3 (0.63)^4

3!4!