Given:
A baseball player get a hit in 31% of his at-bats.
To find:
The probability that he will get a hit 5 at-bats in a row.
Solution:
Since, a baseball player get a hit in 31% of his at-bats, therefore
Probability that he get a hit = [tex]\dfrac{31}{100}[/tex]
= [tex]0.31[/tex]
Now, the probability that he will get a hit 5 at-bats in a row is
[tex]P=0.31\times 0.31\times 0.31\times 0.31\times 0.31[/tex]
[tex]P=(0.31)^5[/tex]
[tex]P=0.0028629151 [/tex]
Therefore, the required probability is [tex](0.31)^5[/tex] and it can be written as 0.0028629151 .
