Darryl is a baseball player who has a 0.250 batting average. That means that over some period of time, Darryl had a hit in 1 out of 4 at bats. Consider the experiment where darryl has 4 at bats in a game and observes whether or not he gets a hit each time.

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The number of hits of the baseball player when batting is the average of hit

The expected number of hits in a bat of 4 is 1

How to determine the number of hits

The given parameters are:

The battling average, p = 0.250

The number of bats, n = 4

The number of hits in the bat is the average of hit, and it is calculated as:

[tex]E(x) = np[/tex]

This gives

[tex]E(x) = 4 * 0.250[/tex]

Evaluate the product

[tex]E(x) = 1[/tex]

Hence, the expected number of hits in a bat of 4 is 1

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