Question

In a cricket match, a batswomen hits a boundary 8 times out of 28 balls she plays . Find the probability that she hits a boundary

Answer 1

ANSWER:

PROBABILITY OF HITING A BOUNDARY p(B) = 2/7

GIVEN:

NUMBER OF BALLS n(S) = 28

NUMBER OF BOUNDARY n(B) = 8

TO FIND:

PROBABILITY OF HITING A BOUNDARY p(B).

FORMULA:

p(B) = n(B) / n(S)

EXPLANATION:

p(B) = 8 / 28

p(B) = 2 / 7

PROBABILITY OF HITING A BOUNDARY p(B) = 2/7

ADDITIONAL POINTS:

• THE PROBABILITY OF AN EVENT ALWAYS LIES BETWEEN ZERO AND ONE.

0 ≤ p ≤ 1

• PROBABILITY OF AN IMPOSSIBLE EVENT IS ZERO.

• BLAISE PASCAL IS CALLED AS FATHER OF PROBABILITY.

RELATED FORMULA:

n(A U B ) = n(A) + n(B) - n(A n B)