Question

Use the following information to answer the next two exercises. The table of data obtained from www.baseball-almanac.com shows hit information for four well known baseball players. Suppose that one hit from the table is randomly selected.

Find$P(hitwasmadebyBabeRuth).$

a. $\frac{1518}{2873}$

b. $\frac{2873}{12351}$

c. $\frac{583}{12351}$

d. $\frac{4189}{12351}$

Short answer

b.$\frac{2873}{12351}$

Step-by-step solution

Given information

The table of data obtained from www.baseball-almanac.com shows hit information for four well known baseball players. Suppose that one hit from the table is randomly selected.

Explanation

The probability of hit was made by Babe Ruth are as follows:

$$\begin{gathered} P(hitwasmadebyBabeRuthe)=\frac{TotalhitsmadebyBabeRuthe}{Totalhitsmadebyallplayers} \\ P(hitwasmadebyBabeRuthe)=\frac{2873}{12351} \end{gathered}$$