Swinging Sammy Skor's batting prowess was simulated to get an estimate of the probability that Sammy will get a hit. Let 1 = HIT and 0 = OUT. The output from the simulation was as follows. 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Estimate the probability that he gets a hit.
A)0.301
B)0.476
C)0.286
D)0.452

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To estimate the probability of getting a hit, count the number of hits (1s) and divide by the total number of attempts. There are 20 attempts with 10 hits, so the probability is 10/20 = 0.5, and the closest option is 0.476.

Swinging Sammy Skor's Batting Prowess Was Simulated to Get an Estimate