Superlesson
Project 7-2
Foundations of Algebra and Geometry
Chapter 7, Probability and Decision Making
Games and sports generate huge amounts of data. For that reason, they lead naturally to questions about probability.
Part C, Choosing a Group
1. Baseball, football, and basketball are familiar to most Americans. But what about cricket, elephant polo, and danball?
a. Read Law 1 of the Rules of cricket. How many ways are there to choose a captain and deputy from a cricket team?
b. If the Screwey Tuskers are one of the top three Elephant polo teams, how many ways are there to choose the other two top teams?
c. You have a total of 6 players on your Danball team. How many ways can you choose a starting team?
Part E, Making Connections
2. Find the statistics for the 1995 Baltimore Orioles baseball team.
a. "AVG" is the average number of base hits a player each time he came to bat. In a randomly chosen at-bat, what is the probability that Hoiles got a hit?
b. "SB" is the number of times a player stole a base successfully. "CS" is the number of times the player was unsuccessful at stealing a base. When Bass attempted to steal a base, what were the odds that he would succeed?
c. What were the odds against Zaun getting a base hit?
d. When pitcher Lee won (W) or lost (L) a game, what was the probability that he won?
e. "ERA" is the average number of runs that a pitcher allows for every 9 innings he pitches. How many runs would you expect Harris to allows in 36 innings? in 60 innings?