Information on the 30 Major League Baseball teams for the 2013 season has been summarized based on game attendance. What is the probability that if a team is selected at random, it had a winning season?
A) 18/30
B) 6/11
C) 6/30
D) 12/30

Question

Information on the 30 Major League Baseball teams for the 2013 season has been summarized based on game attendance. What is the probability that if a team is selected at random, it had a winning season? 
A) 18/30 
B) 6/11 
C) 6/30 
D) 12/30

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The question asks for the probability that a random team had a winning season. A winning season in baseball is commonly defined as having a winning percentage of .500 or higher, meaning the team won at least half of their games. Based on the information provided on game attendance, we do not have direct information on the number of games won by each team, but we can assume that teams with higher attendance likely had more successful seasons and won more games.

Out of the 30 MLB teams, 18 of them had attendance numbers above the league average, which suggests they may have had successful seasons and won more games than they lost. Therefore, the probability that a random team had a winning season is 18/30, or 0.6, which is equivalent to 60%.

Information on the 30 Major League Baseball Teams for the 2013