Math Data Management

Question

A baseball player has a batting average of 0.242. Find the probability that the player will get at least 1 hit in her next 18 at bats.

Answer 1

Probability of at least one hit = 1 - Pr(0 hits)

Pr(0 hits) = (1-.242)^18 = .758^18 = about 6.824 x 10^-3 = 0.006824

1 - 0.006824 = 0.993176 = 99.32% probability of at least one hit