A baseball player hit 59 homeruns in a season. Of the runs, 22 went to right field, 15 went to right center field, 8 went to center field, 8 went to left center field and 6 went to left field. What is the probability that a randomly selected home run went to left field.
(# left field) / (# hits) = 6/59
To find the probability that a randomly selected home run went to left field, we need to determine how many home runs went to left field out of the total number of home runs.
To do this, we add up the number of home runs that went to left field:
Number of home runs to left field = 6
Next, we find the total number of home runs in the season by adding up the number of home runs hit to each field:
Total number of home runs = 22 (right field) + 15 (right center field) + 8 (center field) + 8 (left center field) + 6 (left field)
Total number of home runs = 59
Finally, we calculate the probability by dividing the number of home runs that went to left field by the total number of home runs:
Probability = Number of home runs to left field / Total number of home runs
Probability = 6 / 59
Therefore, the probability that a randomly selected home run went to left field is approximately 0.1017 (or 10.17%).