During his 2001 MVP season for the Seattle Mariners, Japanese baseball sensation Ichiro Suzuki hit 192 singles, 34 doubles, 8 triples, and 8 home runs
in a total of 692 at bats. The following table arranges these data in terms of
the number of bases for a hit, counting o bases for the times when he did not
get a hit and 4 bases for home runs.
Number of
Bases
O
1
2
3
4
Number of
Times
450
192
34
8
8
To the nearest thousandth, what was E(X), the expected number of bases for
Ichiro Suzuki in a typical at bat in 2001?
A. 0.441
B. 0.538
C. 0.350
D. 0.457