A baseball player gets four hits during the World Series and a sports announcer claims getting four or more hits is not unusual. Use the frequency distribution below to determine if the sports announcer is correct.

Hits Players
0 7
1 9
2 7
3 4
4 1
5 1
6 2
7 1

Question

A baseball player gets four hits during the World Series and a sports announcer claims getting four or more hits is not unusual. Use the frequency distribution below to determine if the sports announcer is correct. 

Hits       Players
0              7
1              9
2              7
3              4
4              1
5              1
6              2
7              1

jim766 · Answer

How many players got 4 or more hits based on the table?

jim766 · Answer

how many players got 3 or less hits based on the table?

jim766 · Answer

how many players got 0 hits?

anonymous · Answer

I gave you all the information I have... Is there something on the TI-83 that can tell me how to decide this?

jim766 · Answer

yes you did, I am asking you to read the table and tell me what it says. 

a frequency table tells you how many times some thing happened. 

How many players got zero  hits?

anonymous · Answer

7 players got 0, 9 got 1, 7 got 2.. I understand that and if I were going just based off that I would say it is unusual but I don't know if thats acceptable in math...

jim766 · Answer

27 players got 3 or less hits
5 players got 4 or more hits

which would say is more likely?
less than 3

jim766 · Answer

math does not always have to be hard...

anonymous · Answer

Thanks