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Chapter 5, Problem 2DP(choose chapter or problem)
Baseball, hockey, and basketball all use a seven-game series to determine their championship. Find the probability that with two evenly matched teams a champion will be found in 4 games. Repeat for 5, 6, and 7 games. Look at the historical results for the three sports. How do the actual results compare to the theoretical?
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QUESTION:
Baseball, hockey, and basketball all use a seven-game series to determine their championship. Find the probability that with two evenly matched teams a champion will be found in 4 games. Repeat for 5, 6, and 7 games. Look at the historical results for the three sports. How do the actual results compare to the theoretical?
ANSWER:Step 1 of 2
Given that, Baseball, hockey, and basketball all use a seven-game series to determine their championship.
Here, n = 7.
Here we have to find the probability that with two evenly matched teams a champion will be found in 4, 5, 6,7 games.